Overview
- Sharing first-person recollections, Hargitay said she auditioned and screen-tested many times for Friends, likely for the role of Monica Geller.
- She emphasized that comedy was her original goal, citing early credits including Seinfeld, The Single Guy, and the 1995 sitcom Can't Hurry Love after training with the Groundlings.
- Hargitay recounted a Long Island psychic telling her she would be “famous for that face” in New York, and said she landed Law & Order: SVU about six months later.
- She highlighted her eye for emerging talent, naming former SVU guest actors Abigail Breslin and Meghann Fahy as performers she predicted would become major stars.
- A light moment from the taping featured Christopher Meloni prank-calling Hargitay, with the longtime co-stars joking on air before her in-studio interview.