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" 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. "

Cobie Smulders

Think

Women

Environment

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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! "

" Sometimes I feel like women of the world who are single moms and are working in Walmart are the strongest women out there, and that's what's really exciting to me is being all these different types of women. "

" 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. "

Cobie Smulders

Fearless

Good

" Who isn't a fan of Tom Cruise? He has been in so many amazing movies. "

" 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. "

" The hardest thing is getting fake hit. You really have to sell it. Somebody comes at you and stops a couple inches from your face. You have to react like it's painful. In my training, those were the days I was more sore, doing gut punches or getting thrown against walls. You're moving your body in a way that's not natural. "

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

" I'm pretty money savvy. My dad made me read 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' when I was 12 - this investing book about how to manage your money and be smart. So I'm kind of like a grandmother. "

" 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. "

" I like to challenge myself and grow as an actress. "

Cobie Smulders

Actress

Challenge

" I wish that we, as women, spent as much time on the well-being of our insides as we do with our looks on the outside. "

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

" 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. "

" One of the major complaints for long-running shows is that they become mundane. "

" I don't think I'll ever feel like I'm cancer-free. "

" When I want to relax, I plop down on my couch and watch some great movie, usually a British drama - anything with Colin Firth. "

" I actually kind of prefer working with an ensemble. It's just cool to be surrounded by such great people. "

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

" I'd love to shoot something in Toronto; I'd love to bring something to Canada. I'm dying to shoot something in Vancouver where I'm from. "

" 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. "

" For some reason, when I think feminism, I think, like, 'Well, you can't include men if you're talking about feminism and being a feminist,' so I get a little bit muddled. I find it to be a bit grey. Then if you say you are not a feminist, that means that you're not pro-woman! "

" 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. "

" I love having my husband at home. Especially when I have to leave the country so he can take care of our children. "

Cobie Smulders

Home

Husband

" 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. "

" 'The Avengers' happened because I'm friends with Joss Whedon, and he sort of brought me into the mix when they were looking for Maria Hill. "

Cobie Smulders

Hill

Looking

" I played football for 12 years, but I would always trick myself into exercise, like by taking a dance class. "

" I want to do a Tennessee Williams play. "

" Just when your ovaries should be brimming with youthful follicles, cancerous cells overtook mine, threatening to end my fertility and potentially my life. "

" I love working out. "