Quotes By Mariska Hargitay

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

I'm living every ten-year-old boy's fantasy. The other day, Chris and I had this big scene where we had to pull out our guns, and I was thinking, 'Here we are in New York City - a place where every actor wants to be - and we are literally playing cops and robbers. How great is that?'

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

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

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

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!