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Mariska Hargitay [1964-0] American
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Actress


Mariska Magdolna Hargitay is an American actress best known for her role as NYPD Special Victims Unit Detective/Sergeant/Lieutenant Olivia Benson on the NBC drama series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, for which she has earned multiple awards and nominations, including an Emmy and Golden Globe.

Amazing, Fear, Food, Morning, Power



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My weekends are extremely precious.
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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!
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I realize that you have to show up for your life.
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Every day is deeper and richer and more soulful.
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I definitely have my days where I look like I got dressed in the dark.
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I look at all the things life has allowed me to do, and I feel like the luckiest person in the world.
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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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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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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.
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It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else. Power
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Sometimes things in life happen that allow us to understand our priorities very clearly. Ultimately you can see those as gifts.
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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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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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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.
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You make sacrifices to become a mother, but you really find yourself and your soul.
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Of course everyone says they hate baby talk, but mine was not annoying.
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You've got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge. Fear
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When you see a girl like me bustin' perps, there ain't no time to be pretty.
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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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It's very difficult leaving the house anytime with my baby at home.
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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 perfect. Food, Morning
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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. Amazing
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If you stop for one second and do something, everyone is happy. You pay it forward and it comes back to you twelve-fold.
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I say to everybody, 'Adoption is not for the faint of heart.'
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I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness.
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If I eat clean, I look 10 years younger.
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I think people were expecting me to be that kind of glamorous sexpot. So they were always, Wow you're not what I expected.
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I have so much love that I didn't even know about.
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Yes. I did more research than I ever wanted to and saw some things I wish I didn't. I went on ride-alongs, spent time with Homicide, Cold Case, and SVU detectives, hung out in subways learning how to spot pervs and pick-pockets, viewed an autopsy, went to a police firing range, and witnessed court cases and I read, read, read.
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There's the occasional script that just hammers you, that you can't shower off.
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Having a child changes everything. All of a sudden you have so much to lose, so much to live for.
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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.
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My heart just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
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I have everything I need. Our house is very joyful.
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I have a more developed sense of my priorities. Life has so much more meaning now.
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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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When I was in my early 20s, I had my hair permed. Bad idea! It turned into total frizz. My advice to women is, if you have nice hair already, don't get a perm, leave your hair alone!
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As an actress, there were so many months, years even, when I didn't get work, when I wanted to quit.
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I'm an L.A. girl who became a tough New York cop.
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I was lucky enough to have a father who said, 'Don't quit.' So I just kept going.
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When we're on the street and someone drops something, I pick it up.
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I have a nest egg, and I don't buy above my means.
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I'm a ready-shoot-aim kind of gal.
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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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Italian culture is so deeply soaked in an appreciation of the good things in life.
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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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I want to be a fun mom. Not a gasping for air mom.
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Golf made me feel like a loser. So I dismissed it.
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It's a new skill to have two children that want you at the same time.
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I think because I became a mom later in life, everything in life means more.
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Life begins at 40, and I'm living proof.
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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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