A biography for Mariska Hargitayhasn’t been written yet.
“I want to be a fun mom. Not a gasping for air mom.”
“Italian culture is so deeply soaked in an appreciation of the good things in life.”
“I think one of the mistakes actors make is we're so focused on what we're going to say.”
“Becoming a parent erased many of my negative childhood feelings and filled them in with something new.”
“I think people were expecting me to be that kind of glamorous sexpot. So they were always, Wow you're not what I expected.”
“Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person's day. It's all about paying it forward.”
“Golf made me feel like a loser. So I dismissed it.”
“I look at all the things life has allowed me to do, and I feel like the luckiest person in the world.”
“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.”
“I say to everybody, 'Adoption is not for the faint of heart.'”
“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!”
“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.”
“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.”
“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 realize that you have to show up for your life.”
“As an actress, there were so many months, years even, when I didn't get work, when I wanted to quit.”
“It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.”
“When you see a girl like me bustin' perps, there ain't no time to be pretty.”
“Of course everyone says they hate baby talk, but mine was not annoying.”
“I have a more developed sense of my priorities. Life has so much more meaning now.”