Mariska Hargitay

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.

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.

I'm a ready-shoot-aim kind of gal.

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

If you stop for one second and do something, everyone is happy. You pay it forward and it comes back to you twelve-fold.

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.

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.

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

I think people were expecting me to be that kind of glamorous sexpot. So they were always, Wow you're not what I expected.

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

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

You make sacrifices to become a mother, but you really find yourself and your soul.