Quotes by Mariska Hargitay

About Mariska Hargitay:

Mariska Magdolna Hargitay is an American actress, best known for her role as New York City sex crimes Sergeant Olivia Benson on the NBC television drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, a role that has earned her multiple awards and nominations, including an Emmy and Golden Globe.
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I'm a ready-shoot-aim kind of gal.

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Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person's day. It's all about paying it forward.

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

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

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

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

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I think one of the mistakes actors make is we're so focused on what we're going to say.

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If I eat clean, I look 10 years younger.

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Your body is not who you are. I don't think women should label themselves based on the way they look. What about defining yourself by a different kind of measurement? What about your heart, your soul, your compassion, your generosity, your strength a...

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Over half a million women are raped in this country every year, and only a fraction of them report it because they're too ashamed. It’s a really screwed up world, but its not your fault, and what happened to you, it doesn't make you the monster.

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The experience of being cared for is profound, and it nourishes the soul as much as the food does the body.

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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 perfec...

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: deliciousness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good.

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Italian culture is so deeply soaked in an appreciation of the good things in life.

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

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Surviving and thriving in the wake of my mother's loss, I learned to believe in God. He has a plan, if you pay attention to the signs. I am inspired by the absolute proof of miracles.

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

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Author Bio

  • NameMariska Hargitay
  • Descriptionactress
  • BornJanuary 23, 1964
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTelevision Actor; Actor