Cobie Smulders

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

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. ”

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

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. ”

I had to get healthy for a period in my life, so I learned a lot about food and diet. ”

I live a life where I have a huge support system, and I've been very lucky. ”

Joss Whedon, he is really hands-on, and he wants every character to have a life on and off screen. ”

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

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! ”

I remember taking a self-defence class when I was 16, and of course I don't remember any of it. ”