Mariska Hargitay Quotes

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

Good, Feeling, Moment

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

Time, Learning, Wish

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

Life, Happen, Understand

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

Life, Power, Yourself

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

Heart, Everybody, Adoption

I have so much love that I didn't even know about.
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I think because I became a mom later in life, everything in life means more.
Mariska Hargitay

Life, Mom, Everything

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

Great, Strong, Emotional

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

Time, Girl, Pretty

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

Morning, Food, Perfect

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

Mother, Yourself, Find

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

Work, Wanted, Quit

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

Feelings, Negative, Parent

Every day is deeper and richer and more soulful.
Mariska Hargitay

Deeper, Soulful, Richer

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

Life, Experience, Amazing

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

Made, Loser, Golf

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

Live, Everything, Lose

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

Best, Fear, Grateful

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

Win, Proud, Role

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

Dark, Days, Definitely

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!
Mariska Hargitay

Time, Real, Joy

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

Life, Sense, Priorities

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

Means, Above, Egg

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

Everything, House, Joyful

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

Life, Show, Realize

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Nationality: American

Born: January 23, 1964

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