Quotes from Cobie Smulders

I saw 'Starbuck' before I ever knew I would be involved in 'Delivery Man,' but I liked it, and then a couple of months went by, and I really knew I wanted to audition for it when it became available.

Since my article in 'Women's Health' came out, I have had so many conversations with women about their own battles with cancer, and it feels so empowering to open up this dialogue and learn from each other.

I didn't really discover 'Risky Business' until later in life because I was so young when it came out.

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

I come from Canada, and maternity leave is six months to a year, and they also have paternity leave, and I think that there's something to that. There's also something to making a more comfortable environment for women to breast feed or to bring their kids into work and to have more nurseries in these office buildings.

I seek out things that terrify me, like an improv class. I'm terrified of sharks, but I scuba dive. I'm not good at auditioning, but I force myself to do it all the time. I've never met anybody who is fearless, but the more you push against your own boundaries, the easier it becomes to push.

The Marvel world is a pure joy to be a part of.

I have a very flexible and easy schedule that affords me a wonderful lifestyle in Los Angeles. I'm able to be a very present mother, able to pursue other projects.

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.

I want to do a Tennessee Williams play.

Thankfully, gratefully, cancer did not get the best of me.

I won't say no to projects I believe in if there's a good story there.

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.

I do Pilates because it's important for me to have a healthy back when I'm 70 so I'm not hunched over and in pain. That's more important to me than being thin.

I usually wear a lot of really thin gold bands and small studs. Nothing too big.

The real women who decide to enlist to work their way up in the ranks to become a Major in the United States Army are some freakin' tough broads.

I was really into 'Cocktail' when I was younger - probably the most - followed by 'Top Gun.'

I just feel honored to play Wonder Woman in some incarnation. She's got such history, and she's, like, the first female superhero.

Wonder Woman is such an amazing character.

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.

I'm coming to that realization that I'm going to be seen as a mom to someone, and it makes you think about your own parents. You know, who were they?

It's just extremely difficult to shoot with five dogs. They're great, and the people who handle them are amazing. But they're animals.

There are so many ways to work out, and it is exhausting.

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