Cobie Smulders Quotes

I really love the karate thing I did on CHIPs. I studied with a trainer because I knew we'd do episodes that had karate.

As soon as I get time, I want to start to do some fight training. I tried a little boxing once with my personal trainer back in L.A. - it's such a good workout, and it's a good skill to have, especially in my industry, since sometimes you have to do stunts and fight scenes.

The cool thing for me, as an actor, I like to be as true and honest as possible, and I'm into real fight training.

I've been training with my mixed martial arts guy as much as I can when I'm back in L.A., so if I could do another movie like I did in 'The Killing Game,' with Samuel L. Jackson, that would be awesome.

I've been taking martial arts for a long time. I started with tae kwon do, and then I started taking karate and mixed martial arts.

I thought martial arts was going to help me with my movies and TV stuff, but I realized it would not.

While filming 'The Matrix,' we studied how a Chinese fight-choreography team trains actors before production starts so that they can participate in action sequences in a more dynamic way.

I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts.

I don't do my own stunts, but I do my own fighting. I don't consider fighting to be a stunt.

I'm a little greedy for action scenes. I'm a martial artist, and any time I get to show off some of that art is great.

I like doing fight scenes. I always have, and I insist on doing as much of that action as they'll let me do. I think that's easy for me.

I didn't go into this business to do action because I'm a classically trained actor. But I'm good at kicking and punching.

I'm a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and 2nd degree in karate, and I'm a licensed bodyguard.

I had to learn martial arts.

I'm fairly comfortable in fight sequences and stuff like that. I've done a few of them. I'm comfortable with that sort of stuff as long as I'm reasonably fit, and it's fun to do actually. I'm like a kid in a toy shop doing that stuff.

I'm too long, I'm too rangy, I can box, I can kick, I can wrestle, I can do jiu-jitsu.

Boxing is not a bodybuilding sport, plain and simple. Your body isn't going to win a fight.

That's why I think that I have a big advantage, because I work on my striking a ton, but I don't forget about my wrestling, what brought me to the dance.

I wanna get myself in such good shape that no matter how much I push myself in a fight, I know that the other guy is gonna be a little bit more tired.

I'm trained in mixed martial arts. I started when I was 14 and did my first competition at 18. It was a grappling competition against all guys a weight category above me, and I got first place.

I never wanted to be an actress. I am a martial arts fighter.

I really don't look at it as a real sport because anybody can come into MMA and learn that. You can learn that.

People can't stand the fact that, yes, we were models, but now we can kick anyone's butt in the ring.

You look into an encyclopedia and ask what fighter can do any type of martial art at a high-caliber level, my picture will show up.

I'm an all-around fighter. I do everything. I've got wrestling; I've got Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and I've got striking.