Ellen Pompeo famous quotes

My mother came from an Irish family of 11 kids and, of course, had a sister who was a nun, so I spent time at a convent and with an aunt and uncle who lived in New York and took me to the theater.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Mother #New York #Uncles

Thank god Shonda Rhimes had this agenda to make television look like life, to make it look like the real world.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Real #Thank God #Looks

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

#Care #Take Care

You can't really judge characters, because that's when it gets really hard to play them.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Character #Play #Judging

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

#Girlfriend #Mean #Guy

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

#Mean #Thinking #Different

I just worry about the girls who look up to me. I don't want them to think I starve myself or don't eat, and that to be like me that's what they have to do.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Girl #Thinking #Worry

I'm extremely proud of our very, very diverse cast which represents the world that I walk around in every day.. I didn't see it last night when I watched the Emmys.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Night #World #Proud

I’m the Renee Zellweger now. Jewel is the me now. There is no more Jewel.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Jewels

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

#Girl #Acting #Young

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

#Character #Interesting #Tvs

Losing love is like organ damage. It's like dying. The only difference is, death ends. This? It can go on forever.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Broken Heart #Love Is #Differences

Can you get any better than Patrick Dempsey? I don't think so!
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Thinking

Dr. McDreamy, that's what I call Patrick's character. He's gorgeous, he's got a great body and he's got damn fine hair.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Character #Hair #Mcdreamy

It's gross. We use real brains. I think they're lamb or cow or something. Intestines smell. Brains don't really smell, but what's amazing about the brain is that it's almost like scrambled eggs or soft tofu, almost like a gel. The brain controls so much of what we do, but you could put your finger right through it.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Real #Thinking #Eggs

Cancer is something that touches everyone's lives.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Cancer

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

#Teacher #Thinking #Saving

Desire leaves us heartbroken; it wears us out.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Broken Heart #Heartbroken #Desire

It is challenging. I have my days where I feel really guilty that I've been here every day if I have to work a lot. But I am so lucky to live in a country where a girl like me can make this kind of living, achieve her dreams and reach her goals. And I don't think anywhere else in the world can girls have the freedom that we do here to have these amazing careers and be mothers.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Girl #Country #Mother

This is Hollywood. People don't admit mistakes.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Mistake #People #Hollywood

Learning about the way people process information and their emotions is hugely helpful to my work.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#People #Information #Way

It's easy to get lost in the baby. You have to make sure you give your husband attention.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Baby #Husband #Giving

I went up a pants size during my pregnancy.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Pregnancy #Pants #Size

I was never a person who was introduced to junk food.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Junk #Junk Food #Persons

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

#Book #Brain #Nonfiction

If I'm bringing joy to people and entertaining people as an actor, then I should be grateful for that and act accordingly, you know?
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Grateful #People #Joy

Really, I don't care if people think I'm too skinny. This is my body. If they don't like it, screw it.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Thinking #People #Skinny

I am who I am, a Southie.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Who I Am #I Am Who I Am

The trap is when you start to pay attention to that stuff and care, because in six months, they're going to be looking at someone else. You know how fickle everyone is. They love it, then they hate it, then they love it. So I'm going to enjoy it because it could be over at any minute.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Hate #Attention #Fickle

I want to teach my daughter the importance of exercising and eating healthy as she grows up.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Daughter #Mother #Growing Up

Let's play a game of whose life sucks worse ... I'll win, I always win ...
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Bad Day #Winning #Games

I don't believe in putting on airs. I call it like I see it.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Believe #Air

I don't like everybody who I see on TV.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Tvs

~I got pregnant, and I was like, 'Oh God, it worked! Oh no!' Chris [Ivery, her husband] and I were super happy, then I got terrified! Will I know how to do everything right? Of course, nobody does everything right, but as long as your baby is the priority, that's the best you can do.~
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Baby #Husband #Parenting

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

#Self #Want #Obsessed

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

#Mother #Jobs #Fun

Happiness is not that easy to achieve, but having a handsome husband, a beautiful baby, and a great job helps.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Beautiful #Baby #Jobs

You know, Boston people are full of sauce.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Boston #People #Sauce

Being a mother is magical.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Mother #Being A Mother

People love to watch a train wreck, I suppose.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#People #Watches #Wrecks

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

#Mom #Order #Wife

Medicine is so fascinating.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Medicine

Where I come from, you don't just say, 'Oh, I'm going to become an actor.' Talk like that and they think you're crazy.
-- Ellen Pompeo

#Crazy #Thinking #Actors