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Mariska Hargitay Quotes

You make sacrifices to become a mother, but you really find yourself and your soul.

– Mariska Hargitay

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.

– Mariska Hargitay

You’ve got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge.

– Mariska Hargitay

I want to be a fun mom. Not a gasping for air mom.

– Mariska Hargitay

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

– Mariska Hargitay

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

– Mariska Hargitay

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

– Mariska Hargitay

I was lucky enough to have a father who said, ‘Don’t quit.’ So I just kept going.

– Mariska Hargitay

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 cases and I read, read, read.

– Mariska Hargitay

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

– Mariska Hargitay

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.

– Mariska Hargitay

When I read the script sometimes, it’s like ‘Christ! Enough!’ I can’t sleep at night sometimes. There’s the occasional script that just hammers you, that you can’t shower off.

– Mariska Hargitay

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.

– Mariska Hargitay

There’s the occasional script that just hammers you, that you can’t shower off.

– Mariska Hargitay

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.

– Mariska Hargitay

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

– Mariska Hargitay

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.

– Mariska Hargitay

If you stop for one second and do something, everyone is happy. You pay it forward and it comes back to you twelve-fold.

– Mariska Hargitay

When I was in my early 20s, I had my hair permed. Bad idea! It turned into total frizz. My advice to women is, if you have nice hair already, don’t get a perm, leave your hair alone!

– Mariska Hargitay

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

– Mariska Hargitay

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

– Mariska Hargitay

If I eat clean, I look 10 years younger.

– Mariska Hargitay

Every day is deeper and richer and more soulful.

– Mariska Hargitay

My weekends are extremely precious.

– Mariska Hargitay

Of course everyone says they hate baby talk, but mine was not annoying.

– Mariska Hargitay

I’m an L.A. girl who became a tough New York cop.

– Mariska Hargitay