Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

What's more awkward than doing a shower scene? Rehearsing a shower scene.

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

Just do your best. I find that if I set that goal for myself and no one else, I feel good.

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

My usual day: a green smoothie for breakfast - if I want to get fancy, it's eggs on arugula - fruit for a snack, a salad with protein for lunch, and fish and quinoa for dinner.

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

There are two kinds of people in crisis situations - those who fight and those who freeze. I'm a freezer, and that's just going by the couple of surprise birthday parties I've had thrown for me.

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

I am learning that in life it is OK to travel in darkness, not knowing what your next move is.

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

I wanted to be a marine biologist my whole life until I graduated high school. And even now, I'm still like, 'Maybe I'll just quit the biz and go to Santa Cruz and study marine biology and have my own research center in the Bahamas.' Yeah, I'm sure it would be just that smooth.

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

A stay-at-home mom is a working mom. Being a stay-at-home mom is a job.

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

I love macaroni and cheese. I could eat it every meal of the day.

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

I left 'How I Met Your Mother' and jumped right onto an episode of 'S.H.I.E.L.D.,' the TV show. I wrapped, and the next day I was on set shooting 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

When I got the script for 'Winter Soldier,' I was so excited to see that my character finally gets to punch somebody! So I took tae kwon do three times a week. I wanted to feel like I could hold my own in a roomful of superheroes.

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

Self-defence helps with your confidence, and if you ever find yourself in that type of situation, you are more physically capable.

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

I'm always looking for interesting stories, and I feel in independent film there's more opportunity.

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

I went to a cleansing retreat in the desert where I didn't eat for eight days and experienced hunger-driven hallucinations.

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

I've worn stilettos since I was 12, so I have abused my feet to the point of no return.

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

I keep fooling people into giving me jobs, and now I'm on Broadway. It's always something I've wanted to be a part of, and I can't believe that this is the experience I'm having.

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

'The Avengers' made it more believable that I could have been a major in the U.S. Army.

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

Joss Whedon is the best man on the planet.

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

Kindness is something that I feel is leaving us a little bit - people are getting more self-involved.

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

I don't allow the stress of the unknown to affect my health, and I listen to my body when it sends me distress signals.

Cobie Smulders
Cobie Smulders

I'm not going to be very picky. If something comes to me and I want to do it, I'll do it.