Judi Dench says her failing eyesight means she can no longer act or read, according to the BBC. ABC News and the Mirror wrote up the BBC interview.

"I can't be on stage. I can't do a play anymore. I can't do a film anymore. I can't read anymore," Dench, 91, said on BBC Radio 4's Today program, the BBC reported.

Dench was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration in 2012, the BBC and the Mirror reported. The condition harms the sharp central vision people need to see clearly, ABC News said, citing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness, ABC News said.

The condition has made it hard for her to recognize faces, the BBC reported. She said she sometimes goes up to the wrong people and hugs them before she realizes her mistake.

"I can't see your face at all," she said to host Emma Barnett, according to the Mirror.

Asked about aging, Dench said, "There's nothing to say for it at all," the BBC reported. ABC News said she called aging "rubbish."

"So you've got to adjust to all that and make allowances for it and just get on," she said, according to ABC News.

Dench has had a career of more than 70 years on stage, TV and film, the BBC reported. She won an Oscar for best supporting actress for playing Queen Elizabeth I in "Shakespeare in Love," the BBC said. She also played M, James Bond's boss, starting with "GoldenEye" in 1995, the BBC reported.

She has spoken before about her sight loss, the Mirror reported. In 2023, she said she could no longer see on a film set, the Mirror said.

Earlier this year, Dench voiced a smart fridge in the film "The Magic Faraway Tree," ABC News reported.

What we know: Dench says her eye condition has ended her stage and film work and her reading.
What we don't: Whether she will keep doing voice or radio work. Only the BBC has reported this so far; NewsHabit hasn't seen independent confirmation.