Mariska Hargitay Quotes

Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person's day. It's all about paying it forward.

- Mariska Hargitay

Smiling, Forward, About, Paying

I'm a ready-shoot-aim kind of gal.

- Mariska Hargitay

Kind, Gal

I look at all the things life has allowed me to do, and I feel like the luckiest person in the world.

- Mariska Hargitay

Feel, Like, Allowed, Luckiest

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

- Mariska Hargitay

Egg, Buy, Means, Nest

Every day is deeper and richer and more soulful.

- Mariska Hargitay

Every Day, More, Soulful, Richer

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

Bad, Idea, Turned, Bad Idea

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

- Mariska Hargitay

Say, Everybody, Adoption, Faint

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

Perfect, Other, Bags, Wine

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

Think, Always, Expecting, Wow

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

- Mariska Hargitay

Parent, New, Becoming, Feelings

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

Cold, Some, Range, Homicide

Italian culture is so deeply soaked in an appreciation of the good things in life.

- Mariska Hargitay

Culture, Things, Italian, Good Things

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

- Mariska Hargitay

Baby, Everyone, Mine, Annoying

Meisner technique was different than anything I'd ever experienced. It's a really great way to be accountable to your craft and to yourself, but also it takes that kind of focus and dedication to learn anything.

- Mariska Hargitay

Kind, Accountable, Great Way, Experienced

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

- Mariska Hargitay

Kick, Side, Huge, Payoff

Life begins at 40, and I'm living proof.

- Mariska Hargitay

Living, Proof, Begins, Living Proof

When I was pregnant, I was so huge and people on the bus would get up for me. That made me feel so precious and valued and valuable. I try to treat everyone like they're pregnant.

- Mariska Hargitay

Treat, Bus, Precious, Pregnant

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

- Mariska Hargitay

Golf, Like, Made, Dismissed

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

Proud, Role, Rewarding, Victims

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

Childhood, Reward, Feeling, Wrapped

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

- Mariska Hargitay

Childhood, Reward, Feeling, Wrapped

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

Strong, Emotional, More, Situations

My heart just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

- Mariska Hargitay

Bigger, Just, Getting, Keeps

It's very difficult leaving the house anytime with my baby at home.

- Mariska Hargitay

Baby, Difficult, Very, Anytime

The experience of being cared for is profound, and it nourishes the soul as much as the food does the body.

- Mariska Hargitay

Soul, Profound, Does, Cared

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

- Mariska Hargitay

Happen, Very, Allow, Gifts

Surviving and thriving in the wake of my mother's loss, I learned to believe in God. He has a plan, if you pay attention to the signs. I am inspired by the absolute proof of miracles.

- Mariska Hargitay

Pay Attention, Thriving, Proof

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

Grateful, Possibilities, Holds

It's a new skill to have two children that want you at the same time.

- Mariska Hargitay

Children, New, Same, Skill

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

Experience, My Life, Here, Years Ago

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

Think, I Think, Very, Adrenaline

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

- Mariska Hargitay

Changes, Lose, Having, Sudden

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

- Mariska Hargitay

Shower, Just, Occasional, Script

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

Shower, Christ, Read, Script

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

- Mariska Hargitay

Priorities, Now, More, Meaning

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

- Mariska Hargitay

New York, New, Became, Cop

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

- Mariska Hargitay

Living, Everyone Else, Finding

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

- Mariska Hargitay

Father, Lucky, Going, Kept

When we're on the street and someone drops something, I pick it up.

- Mariska Hargitay

Street, Someone, Pick, Drops

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

- Mariska Hargitay

Work, Actress, Months, Quit

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

- Mariska Hargitay

Need, Everything, Very, Joyful

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

- Mariska Hargitay

See, Pretty, Like, No Time

My weekends are extremely precious.

- Mariska Hargitay

Precious, Weekends, Extremely

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

- Mariska Hargitay

Dark, Like, Definitely, Dressed

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

- Mariska Hargitay

Mother, Soul, Find, Sacrifices

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

Happy, Forward, Everyone, Pay

I think one of the mistakes actors make is we're so focused on what we're going to say.

- Mariska Hargitay

Think, Going, I Think, Focused

If I eat clean, I look 10 years younger.

- Mariska Hargitay

Look, Eat, Younger, Clean

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