Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo

Acting can be an amazingly cathartic thing - especially for young girls.

Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo

I was never a person who was introduced to junk food.

Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo

I read a lot of nonfiction - especially books about the brain.

Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo

I don't like everybody who I see on TV.

Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo

I just don't want to be self-obsessed.

Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo

There's a remarkable amount of sexism on TV. When male characters are flawed, they're interesting, deep and complex. But when female characters are flawed, they're just a mess. It's good to put more flawed but interesting female characters out there because it promotes equality.

Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo

The older you get the more realistic it is that you're significant other is your significant other. I mean, you'll always have your girlfriends or your guy friends, but the person you're married to is usually your No. 1.

Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo

I think for any actor to say they don't like attention is ridiculous. Of course we love attention. But getting attention is different than pretending the attention means something.

Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo

I didn't have a boyfriend until I was 16, and he was eight years older. My father was furious about this 24-year-old, and I had to hide the relationship.

Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo

I don't find acting to be a particularly noble way to make a living. I'm not saving anybody's life, I'm not a teacher, I'm not working for UNICEF. I don't think I'm some big deal.

Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo

We're teaching young girls that this is what they should be focusing on: rich and famous girls who are rich and famous for nothing.

Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo

Being a mother is the most fun job I've ever had.

Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo

Women don't take care of themselves because they take care of everybody else.

Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo

My daily schedule is quite hectic, but I have to put my health first in order to be the best mom and wife I can be.

Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo

People love to watch a train wreck, I suppose.