Ellen Pompeo discusses her career

Pompeo also discusses famous co-stars, and how she felt when the left.

On Patrick Dempsey, who left after 11 years of playing Meredith’s love interest, Dr. Derek Shepherd: “I could’ve left because the man left, which is not a story that I want to tell. Like, ‘He’s not here anymore, so I have to go.’ So that story then becomes, ‘What can I do without the man?’ Because they had put that in my head for so long that I was no good without him. I had to take over that script and rewrite that story and prove to myself that they were wrong.”

On Sandra Oh, her on-screen BFF Dr. Cristina Yang, who left after 10 seasons: “When Sandra Oh left the show, I was like, ‘Ugh, how do I go on without Sandra?’ She was such an amazing scene partner.”

WORK-LIFE

Pompeo also knows she has it good: “My commute is 6 minutes. At this point, I’m so blessed that the executive producers of the show make my life so fantastic, that I have a very set amount of hours. I know exactly where I’m gonna be. I know exactly what time I’m gonna come home. I’m home for dinner with my kids every night.”

She adds that she hopes to recapture what she did not have herself: “It’s all where you are in your life, and kids have a huge part to play in that. My mother died when I was 4. I grew up without a mother, and I want to be home with them every single night.”

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Ellen Pompeo discusses her career

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