Dame Judi Dench has opened up about macular degeneration and how she now finds it “impossible” to read scripts because of her deteriorating eyesight.
Dame Judi has previously revealed she has macular degeneration, which causes the gradual loss of vision. The 88-year-old Oscar-winning actress said she has a “photographic memory” and wants to find a machine that is able to teach her her lines as well as locate them on the page.
Appearing on the Graham Norton Show, she said: “It has become impossible and because I have a photographic memory, I need to find a machine that not only teaches me my lines but also tells me where they appear on the page. READ MORE: Hospital's A&E praised by watchdog - but gets important warning about mental health patients “I used to find it very easy to learn lines and remember them.
I could do the whole of Twelfth Night right now.” Dame Judi has spoken about her deteriorating eyesight on a number of occasions and in December 2017 she admitted she struggled to enjoy watching films because of it.