Top 70 Mariska Hargitay Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Healing takes time, and asking for help is a courageous step.”

— Mariska Hargitay

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2. “No one can take away your pain, so don’t let anyone take away your happiness.”

— Mariska Hargitay

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3. “You survived the abuse, you’re going to survive the recovery.”

— Mariska Hargitay

4. “No one can tell you who you are and what you are made of, only you yourself know what you are made of, and only you yourself can do the work to become who you want to be.”

— Mariska Hargitay

5. “Life begins at 40, and I’m living proof.”

— Mariska Hargitay

6. “Sexual assault and domestic violence are difficult things to talk about. Talk about them anyway.”

— Mariska Hargitay

7. “It’s a life’s journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.”

— Mariska Hargitay

8. “In life you have two choices. You can laugh or you can cry. You have to laugh, you have to.”

— Mariska Hargitay

9. “By coming forward and sharing your story, you don’t know the countless lives you change.”

— Mariska Hargitay

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10. “Being thin is not more important than enjoying life.”

— Mariska Hargitay

11. “Losing my mother at such an early age is the scar of my soul. But I feel like it ultimately made me into the person I am today; I understand the journey of life. I had to go through what I did to be here.”

— Mariska Hargitay

12. “I was lucky enough to have a father who said, ‘Don’t quit.’ So I just kept going.”

— Mariska Hargitay

13. “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.”

— Mariska Hargitay

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14. “But trust can take you a long way. And my faith takes me a long way. And I think that our pains, our vulnerabilities, and our insecurities can fuel us to be better. To try harder. To dig deeper.”

— Mariska Hargitay

15. “You’ve got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge.”

— Mariska Hargitay

16. “I don’t have to be an expert. I just have to care.”

— Mariska Hargitay

17. “I’m a big believer that your word is your wand. You know how people say things like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m such an idiot.’ I don’t say things like that anymore. Those put-downs, even if they’re in jest, are little bullets of negativity that you don’t need in your life.”

— Mariska Hargitay

18. “I’m just grateful that my body is healthy. I want to be on this planet for a long time, so I try to eat things that make me feel good and make me strong. But I also love food and I love life: Some days having that extra bowl of pasta and a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup means more to me than being thin.”

— Mariska Hargitay

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

— Mariska Hargitay

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

— Mariska Hargitay

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

— Mariska Hargitay

22. “I am grateful that I didn’t let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness.”

— Mariska Hargitay

23. “Sometimes things in life happen that allow us to understand our priorities very clearly. Ultimately you can see those as gifts.”

— Mariska Hargitay

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

— Mariska Hargitay

25. “People who overcome their fears every day, without fanfare, without recognition. Quiet, everyday courage, that’s what I admire most.”

— Mariska Hargitay

26. “Just having someone make you laugh so hard that it hurts is so healing to me.”

— Mariska Hargitay

27. “Humor is about perspective, and hanging out with people who see life through a similar lens is so important.”

— Mariska Hargitay

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

— Mariska Hargitay

29. “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.”

— Mariska Hargitay

30. “I realize that you have to show up for your life.”

— Mariska Hargitay

31. “I’m a water person; water heals.”

— Mariska Hargitay

32. “If I eat clean, I look 10 years younger.”

— Mariska Hargitay

33. “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 perfect.”

— Mariska Hargitay

34. “Criminals are just regular people who didn’t have time to read all the laws.”

— Mariska Hargitay

35. “I definitely have my days where I look like I got dressed in the dark.”

— Mariska Hargitay

36. “Being sexy is just one part of being a woman and an actress. But if the part calls for sexy...”

— Mariska Hargitay

37. “To me, the definition of sexy – at any age – is strength and confidence.”

— Mariska Hargitay

38. “I wasn’t at all trying to be skinny, My Mom is Jayne Mansfield, I’m allowed to have curves.”

— Mariska Hargitay

39. “My Dad taught me that good health is all about living in gratitude.”

— Mariska Hargitay

40. “I’m a size 8, and I feel proud of that, because it’s healthy. I’ve never felt compelled to be a skinny actress.”

— Mariska Hargitay

41. “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?’”

— Mariska Hargitay

42. “I think God runs the show. Completely. Life proves it every day: He runs the show.”

— Mariska Hargitay

43. “I have a more developed sense of my priorities. Life has so much more meaning now.”

— Mariska Hargitay

44. “There’s so much that you can get mad about. Out of self-preservation, I focus on being grateful.”

— Mariska Hargitay

45. “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.”

— Mariska Hargitay

46. “I think because I became a mom later in life, everything in life means more.”

— Mariska Hargitay

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

— Mariska Hargitay

48. “The only reason I have the career I have is that I didn’t quit.”

— Mariska Hargitay

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

— Mariska Hargitay

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

— Mariska Hargitay

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