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 More Quotes by Mariska Hargitay More Quotes From Mariska Hargitay Just having someone make you laugh so hard that it hurts is so healing to me. Mariska Hargitay hurt healing laughing 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. Mariska Hargitay hammers sleep night I have so much love that I didn't even know about. Mariska Hargitay much-love knows If I eat clean, I look 10 years younger. Mariska Hargitay clean looks years Golf made me feel like a loser. So I dismissed it. Mariska Hargitay loser made golf I want to be a fun mom. Not a gasping for air mom. Mariska Hargitay mom air fun I was lucky enough to have a father who said, 'Don't quit.' So I just kept going. Mariska Hargitay quitting lucky father 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 wine perfect morning I'm an L.A. girl who became a tough New York cop. Mariska Hargitay tough girl new-york I wasn't at all trying to be skinny, My Mom is Jayne Mansfield, I'm allowed to have curves. Mariska Hargitay curves mom trying I have a nest egg, and I don't buy above my means. Mariska Hargitay nests eggs mean 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. Mariska Hargitay get-up trying people I think because I became a mom later in life, everything in life means more. Mariska Hargitay mom mean thinking The experience of being cared for is profound, and it nourishes the soul as much as the food does the body. Mariska Hargitay soul doe profound Life begins at 40, and I'm living proof. Mariska Hargitay living-proof proof Eric Lewis doesn't play the piano, he devours it. He doesn't play music, he channels the divine. Mariska Hargitay eric piano play Italian culture is so deeply soaked in an appreciation of the good things in life. Mariska Hargitay things-in-life italian appreciation I say to everybody, 'Adoption is not for the faint of heart.' Mariska Hargitay faint-of-heart adoption heart You should've seen my big hair in the 80's, that was a real project. Mariska Hargitay projects real hair It's very difficult leaving the house anytime with my baby at home. Mariska Hargitay house home baby