12 Dreamy Things Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann Have Said About Each Other
The stars just celebrated 19 years of marriage — and are as in love as ever. Here, the best quotes from their 2019 PEOPLE cover story
Few stars have spoken so publicly and so beautifully about marriage as Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann.
As the stars and parents of three celebrate their 19th wedding anniversary on August 28, 2023, fall in love with some of their statements about each other.
'A Lightning Bolt'
"We went [on our first date] to church together, and it was like getting hit with a lightning bolt, and I just started sobbing. Peter thought I was crying because I was so moved by the service. No, it was because I was just overwhelmed, realizing he was the one."
— Mariska on Peter
'Abundance of Love'
"At Mariska's 40th-birthday party, I saw her with all of the people that she loved around her. It was like seeing someone in the soil she was designed to be planted in, which was just this abundance of joy and this abundance of love. And I thought, 'I want to be a part of that soil.' That was the moment."
— Peter on Mariska
'We Knew'
"We knew we wanted to be together, wanted a family, wanted to laugh. A lot."
— Peter on Mariska
'The Right One'
"I never knew I'd so often be reminded on this journey that I'd married the right one. I waited and married the right one."
— Mariska on Peter
'Rapturously in Love'
"We can be so deeply, ecstatically, rapturously in love."
— Peter on Mariska
'It's Better'
"It's better than I ever thought it could be."
— Mariska on Peter
'15 Years'
"In 15 years we have learned and relearned so many times what being married actually is."
— Peter on Mariska
'This Much Laughter'
"I never thought I would have this much laughter in my life. Not just actual laughter but also the way that Mariska is just the embodiment of laughter — of joy. It's the way we find our way back to each other. It's this fantastically, wonderfully ridiculous way that we can swing back and forth any number of times in any given day. But fundamentally we know we have the same destination. We know where we're headed, and it's good. And we know we'll get there together."
— Peter on Mariska
'We're Very Fortunate'
"We're very fortunate to have been able to lean into each other, hard, during tough times in our lives, and that we both stood strong."
— Peter on Mariska
'Steeped in Love'
"Every decision Mariska makes is steeped in love."
— Peter on Mariska
'Deep Hope'
"We had a deep hope and trust that whatever our life together would be, it would be good. That it would take this particular, incredible shape we had no idea."
— Peter on Mariska
'Never Could Have Dreamed It'
"This life we created, I never could have dreamed it, and it never could have happened without him specifically."
— Mariska on Peter
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