The first Disney movie I saw I think was 'Snow White.' I loved all the Disney princess movies.

Diet Coke is the only way I get through filming because I get so tired.

It's hard to see yourself as a princess because it involves a huge leap of the imagination and sort of requires you to believe you can be that, which is a scary, weird thing.

I used to go to musicals every birthday - that was my birthday present. We'd go to London, me and my two brothers and mum and dad. I think I saw 'Mamma Mia' about five times.

Poorly planned and stressful vacations eliminate the positive benefit of time away. The less the stress, the more likely you will experience a positive benefit from the time off. A positive, well-managed vacation can make you happier and less stressed, and you can return with more energy at work and with more meaning in your life.

The greatest competitive advantage in the modern economy is a positive and engaged brain.

Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and success.

Smart vacations lead to greater happiness and energy at work and, therefore, greater productivity, intelligence, and resilience.

You've probably noticed how when someone says hello or smiles at you, your automatic reaction is to say hello or smile back.

While you're going through this process of trying to find the satisfaction in your work, pretend you feel satisfied. Tell yourself you had a good day. Walk through the corridors with a smile rather than a scowl. Your positive energy will radiate. If you act like you're having fun, you'll find you are having fun.

Resilience isn't a single skill. It's a variety of skills and coping mechanisms. To bounce back from bumps in the road as well as failures, you should focus on emphasizing the positive.

After two decades of personal finance reporting, I've heard every excuse in the book for not saving money. That said, none of them really hold up - at least over the long term.

Being charitable provides a boost to your psyche that is tough to replicate in any other way. But note that although any charity will happily take your money, you can give in other ways and still reap the same happiness reward. Volunteering and donating your old or unused belongings have the same result.

People with financial plans are much more likely to feel prepared, even in tumultuous times. They're more likely to feel that their dreams and goals are secure. And, oh yes, they do actually save significantly more.

No one anticipates divorce when they're exchanging vows, and it can be devastating emotionally and financially. To ease the financial side of the blow, you need to maintain your financial identity in your relationship. That means having your own credit history - you need your own credit card - and your own savings and retirement accounts.

Wills are trumped by legal titles to real estate or beneficiary designations on financial accounts, retirement plans and insurance policies.

In money, and in life, you are very often your own worst enemy. You promise yourself you're going to diet, then eat not one or two French fries but a whole plate. You decide to really commit to saving for retirement, only to wind up with a new pair of shoes in your closet.

Debt certainly isn't always a bad thing. A mortgage can help you afford a home. Student loans can be a necessity in getting a good job. Both are investments worth making, and both come with fairly low interest rates.

The secret of happiness is variety, but the secret of variety, like the secret of all spices, is knowing when to use it.

Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough.

Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none.

If you have a dream, give it a chance to happen.

Beauty is a fragile gift.

The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.

Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.

Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

All love is vanquished by a succeeding love.

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.

An evil life is a kind of death.

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

Time is generally the best doctor.

Time, the devourer of all things.

Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low.

First appearance deceives many.

Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul.

Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.

Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.

Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.

Chance is always powerful. Let your hook always be cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be fish.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.

Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.

First of all, I try to be a positive role model.