I am learning that in life it is OK to travel in darkness, not knowing what your next move is.
Cobie Smulders
What's more awkward than doing a shower scene? Rehearsing a shower scene.
Just do your best. I find that if I set that goal for myself and no one else, I feel good.
I'm not going to be very picky. If something comes to me and I want to do it, I'll do it.
I'll have pasta two out of seven meals.
I like to challenge myself. Whether that's on television or film or on stage, that's what I'm going to go for.
The best of me now lives on in my two little women, baby girls I was lucky enough to be able to make with my own body.
I feel like starring in a TV show is such a fun thing.
The great thing about being on a series for nine years is you get to see the characters grow and change.
I've been doing 'How I Met Your Mother' for so long, and it's been so great, and I just feel like it's second nature at this point.
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.
A stay-at-home mom is a working mom. Being a stay-at-home mom is a job.
Thankfully, gratefully, cancer did not get the best of me.
I played football for 12 years, but I would always trick myself into exercise, like by taking a dance class.
I love working out.
I've really been enjoying The Bar Method because I'm not a sweaty mess when we get to my favorite part of class - the end.
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 love macaroni and cheese. I could eat it every meal of the day.
'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.
I really like the character of Jack Reacher - I thought he was interesting.
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.
My plan is to stay in New York for as long as I can and do some theater out here and just keep working creatively.
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.
The quality of television is becoming so good from an actor standpoint, where you get to do these amazing scenes with amazing directors and cinematography.
I'm a big fan of a lot of graphic novels - 'Fables,' 'Y: The Last Man' and 'The Walking Dead,' which I like a lot more.
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.
I like to challenge myself and grow as an actress.
I would drive down in my Volkswagen Jetta to Los Angeles and just audition, audition, audition, audition, and hopefully get something. I did that for two years, and the third year I came down, I auditioned for 'How I Met Your Mother.'
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.
Self-defence helps with your confidence, and if you ever find yourself in that type of situation, you are more physically capable.
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.
One of the major complaints for long-running shows is that they become mundane.
I still don't find myself a very confident person about my looks or my body.
The Marvel world is a pure joy to be a part of.
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.
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 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.
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 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.'
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'm always looking for interesting stories, and I feel in independent film there's more opportunity.
I went to a cleansing retreat in the desert where I didn't eat for eight days and experienced hunger-driven hallucinations.
I've worn stilettos since I was 12, so I have abused my feet to the point of no return.
'The Avengers' made it more believable that I could have been a major in the U.S. Army.
Joss Whedon is the best man on the planet.
Kindness is something that I feel is leaving us a little bit - people are getting more self-involved.
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.
People always let me know when their team beats the Canucks.
We're lucky to live in a country where we have freedom of speech, and I don't know what the other Avengers are up to, personally, but I know they're all really good people.
There's sacrifice involved. Either you're going to work a lot and not get to spend time with your kid, or you're going to spend a ton of time with your kid, and you're sacrificing your career.
