• Mariska Hargitay says she's glad she waited until later in life to get married. • The "Law & Order: SVU" star says she didn't think she "could have handled a marriage earlier." • Now 61, Hargitay says her 60s have brought a new sense of clarity and confidence.

Mariska Hargitay says it was a good thing she waited until she was older to get married.

"I didn't get married until I was 40," Hargitay said during an appearance on Tuesday's episode of "Good Hang with Amy Poehler."

The Emmy Award-winning actor says she was "grateful" because she didn't think she "could have handled a marriage earlier."

"I don't think I'd be married. I was just — I had too much to learn. So, I just went straight to like, you know, the second husband," Hargitay said.

Hargitay met her husband, Peter Hermann

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