Quotes By Mariska Hargitay

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

If I eat clean, I look 10 years younger.

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

My weekends are extremely precious.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Every day is deeper and richer and more soulful.

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

My heart just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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.

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