Cobie Smulders Quotes

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Cobie Smulders

Profession : Actress

Birth : April 3, 1982

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

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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.

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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.

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

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The experience of pregnancy - it depends on your situation, but it can be quite isolating.

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I was on a strict diet to stay in shape for 'Jack Reacher,' but each day on set in New Orleans, catering dropped off delicious food at my trailer.

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'The L-Word' was such a great show because of the amazing writing and characters, but maybe because it was such a new concept, people couldn't pick up on it, but I think it was down to the dynamic characters and how well done it was.

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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.

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I would love to do another 'Jack Reacher' movie.

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

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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.

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I've been in 'Avengers' films, but I don't do a lot of the action parts. There are superheroes in the movie! People would much rather see them fight each other!

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Before I did 'How I Met Your Mother,' I was not considered a comedic actress.

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I still don't find myself a very confident person about my looks or my body.

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

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

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Going to the Comic Cons and meeting people - that's a fun energy to be around.

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When you're doing a movie, it's finite - you have a trajectory of where your character's going, and you follow that. Then the storybook closes.

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

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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.

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