Top 51 Quotes by Mariska Hargitay

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.

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

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.

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.

If I eat clean, I look 10 years younger.

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

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

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.

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