148 Quotes by Mariska Hargitay

They say that the average lifespan of an SVU detective is 4 years. People can’t do it longer than that because it’s so difficult.

I have so much love that I didn’t even know about.

We’re all connected. Helping another woman is helping yourself, your mother, your sister, your children.

I have a nest egg, and I don’t buy above my means.

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

I’m a water person; water heals.

Adoption was a bumpy ride – very bumpy. But, God, was it worth the fight.

If I can play a little part in the world’s healing, and making it a better place than when I came, then I just thank God for that chance.

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?’