Knocked Up Celebs

Mariska Hargitay, who stars on Law & Order: SVU, has been in and out of the hospital for a collapsed lung in the last couple of months. She says she’s feeling better every day.

Mariska is on the May 2009 cover of Health magazine and she talks about her son, August, 2, and why laughter is the best medicine. Here are the highlights:

On her health today: “I’m doing better and better every day. I feel stronger. And, most of all, I’m so grateful, because, the truth is, it was a really scary thing. But this has been a great lesson for me to get back in touch with that inner voice that teaches us how to take care of ourselves.”

On being in her 40s: “I love it. You have clarity, you know who you are—decisions are easier.”

On being a mom: “My perfect analogy for being a parent is before you have kids, and you’re on a plane, and there’s a screaming kid, you’re like, shut that kid up, give me earplugs, get me a blanket to put over my head! And, as soon as I became a mom, if there’s a crying kid on an airplane, there’s this compassion because you get it. You’re like, ‘What can I do? Do you want me to hold him?’ Because you think about the time your kid was screaming, and you know everyone hates you, and there was the one parent who looks at you and smiles, and that compassion is everything.”

On having more kids… maybe: “You know, I have no idea. Do I want more? Sometimes. Am I scared of it? Yeah! I have a lot on my plate, so I can’t say I want more of anything right now.”

On the power of a good “gut-busting” laugh: “I always try to laugh. Between August—and the things that come out of that kid’s mouth—my friends, my husband … even my co-star Chris [Meloni], who’s hilarious, I laugh a lot. That, to me, is one of the most life-sustaining things you can do. I don’t take it lightly. The other night I had a friend sleep over, and we had a laugh on the couch until we couldn’t breathe, where you could literally feel the endorphins in your body. I really think something healing happens when you have a gut-busting laugh.”

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