"A 'naughty pickle' is how I'd best describe myself. I think fun and laughter is the whole point of life."

"My mother Diana was a true-blue aristocrat, descended from William the Conqueror and listed in 'Burke's Peerage.' My father David, from a poor Scottish family, was a doctor."

"I landed the role of Bravo 5, the only female fighter pilot in 'Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace.' I did my bit and fired my guns, but I haven't a notion of which side I was on or who I was firing the guns at."

"Living as an actor is rather like living life on the trapezes in a circus. Every time you jump on, you have to pray that, when the time comes for you to jump off, there is another trapeze swinging your way."

"The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live."

"Every summit scaled was once thought insurmountable from the valley below. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us."

"Wisdom principle 2 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 89."