Cobie Smulders Quotes

Part of my job is getting dressed up and having my picture taken and the best way of dealing with that is finding a way of enjoying it.

I'm very confident in how I project my personality.

I'm certainly not shy, but I like playing it because I love those characters that are incredibly confident but really still a mess.

I think that when a person is insecure about who they are or who they want to be, then it translates on screen, and the choices they make are all about perception.

The photo shoot I always feel a bit embarrassed about because I don't really know what to do with myself, but they usually don't use a bad photo, so you can't worry too much. So my main concern is that I just look a bit more like myself.

When you are in the public eye, it is really counterproductive to think about how you're viewed in the eyes of others. You just have to be who you are.

I'm fairly introverted, but when I do stuff like a Maxim shoot, there's a side of me I call Gillian.

I care about how I carry and present myself.

I am used to looking good. In a way, if I thought I looked like the back end of a bus, I probably wouldn't have done 'Strictly Come Dancing' and gone out there in public.

When I'm doing a photo shoot, I'm not playing a part. I'm just trying to be myself.

I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be.

I don't see myself as somebody who looks particularly good in photos.

I'm an outgoing girl, and I can't help the way I look.

I can't assume that people see me the way I see myself. I have to show them. But I can't do it in a way where it's too much, where it's rude. I feel like when you're a king, you lead. And I just see myself as a king, or as something more than just a regular human being.

I started to model because I thought I could use it as an excuse to others, like, 'Yeah, I'm tall because I'm a model.'

When I started getting in front of the camera a lot, I think my confidence started to come out.

I don't think I'm boring.

If you've seen a photo of me from when I was a kid, I don't think anyone would have expected that going in front of the camera was something that I was going to do. I can't believe how little effort my parents put into making me seem like an appealing little girl.

I think it's somebody else's job to decide what my image is.

I don't think I'm vain... but I do like to be lit well.

It's not hard to keep up the image we chose. It's not hard to stay yourselves.

I feel that a lot of sexy people never say that they are sexy.

I'd like people to understand that I do have some personality.

I just want people to see that I do my own stuff, that I'm not stupid, and I can make fun of myself.

I know who I am by now. And I am my own brand.