Quotes By Mariska Hargitay

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

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

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.

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.