Cobie Smulders

“I had a daily 30 minute pushup routine. Then I boxed 3 times a week for about an hour. And then, I had the trainer come to my house an average of 1 to 2 times a week.”

“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'm not very knowledgeable when it comes to designers, but I love going to fashion shows just to see the other personalities that show up. It's such an eclectic group, and everybody is sort of like an artist.”

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

“I'll have pasta two out of seven meals.”

“We have very strict rules about TV and film in my house.”

“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 have so many single girlfriends who fit themselves into the mold of what they think a guy's looking for. But being comfortable around men is about being comfortable with yourself. They gravitate toward confidence. Really, that is what they want to be around.”

“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.”

“I really like the character of Jack Reacher - I thought he was interesting.”

“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 try to take an exercise class twice a week.”

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

“I think everybody feels their pregnancy differently, and for me, I was so in work mode.”

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

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

“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?”

“I had tumors on both ovaries, and the cancer had spread into my lymph nodes and surrounding tissues.”

“I'm very simplistic. I like jewelry that is small, that is a statement piece but with a delicate statement.”