Mariska Hargitay Quotes

I think people were expecting me to be that kind of glamorous sexpot. So they were always, Wow you're not what I expected.

I realize that you have to show up for your life.

I have everything I need. Our house is very joyful.

I have a nest egg, and I don't buy above my means.

I have a more developed sense of my priorities. Life has so much more meaning now.

I get very excited about my double stroller. Every time I look at it, I get a shot of adrenaline and joy because I think, This is real!

I definitely have my days where I look like I got dressed in the dark.

I am proud to be a role model for my viewers. I am finding out that helping victims is as or more rewarding the all the awards I win.

I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness.

Having a child changes everything. All of a sudden you have so much to lose, so much to live for.

Golf made me feel like a loser. So I dismissed it.

Everything has combined to make my life in New York an amazing experience. I told my manager a few years ago that I wanted to move here and try acting in the theater.

Every day is deeper and richer and more soulful.

Becoming a parent erased many of my negative childhood feelings and filled them in with something new.

As an actress, there were so many months, years even, when I didn't get work, when I wanted to quit.

You know how you wake up in the morning and sometimes you look gorgeous and other times you look like you got hit by a mack truck? I realized that my mack truck is food. If I have no sugar, yeast or wine, I have no undereye bags and my skin is perfect.

When you see a girl like me bustin' perps, there ain't no time to be pretty.

When my body is strong, I feel stronger inside. I feel more capable of handling emotional situations. Usually I'm more of a inside-out person, but this was a great case of me from the outside in.

I think because I became a mom later in life, everything in life means more.

I have so much love that I didn't even know about.

I say to everybody, 'Adoption is not for the faint of heart.'

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

Sometimes things in life happen that allow us to understand our priorities very clearly. Ultimately you can see those as gifts.

Yes. I did more research than I ever wanted to and saw some things I wish I didn't. I went on ride-alongs, spent time with Homicide, Cold Case, and SVU detectives, hung out in subways learning how to spot pervs and pick-pockets, viewed an autopsy, went to a police firing range, and witnessed court c

Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciusness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good.