Ellen Pompeo

It just – being that I was the namesake of the show, I deserved the same. And then that was harder to get. So I wasn't salty about him getting what he got. I was salty that they didn't value me as much as they valued him. And they never will. And –

And that goes back to my earlier point of once you get to a certain level, you can advocate for other women on your platform or in your job, in your workplace. If you know that you're getting this much and all the other women are well beneath you, You can't just be okay with that. You can't just be like, yes, I'm winning. Cool. Let's go.

And that goes back to my earlier point of once you get to a certain level, you can advocate for other women on your platform or in your job, in your workplace. If you know that you're getting this much and all the other women are well beneath you, You can't just be okay with that. You can't just be like, yes, I'm winning. Cool. Let's go.

And that goes back to my earlier point of once you get to a certain level, you can advocate for other women on your platform or in your job, in your workplace. If you know that you're getting this much and all the other women are well beneath you, You can't just be okay with that. You can't just be like, yes, I'm winning. Cool. Let's go.

No, you really do have a responsibility to look and see what everybody else is making and use your power to say, listen, I appreciate what I got. This is amazing. But I happen to notice this. And I really think that all the women deserve a bump.

No, you really do have a responsibility to look and see what everybody else is making and use your power to say, listen, I appreciate what I got. This is amazing. But I happen to notice this. And I really think that all the women deserve a bump.

No, you really do have a responsibility to look and see what everybody else is making and use your power to say, listen, I appreciate what I got. This is amazing. But I happen to notice this. And I really think that all the women deserve a bump.

It's like, again, yeah, I have some people pleasing element that I think all of us have, right? Well, not everybody, but a lot of people, I definitely have it. And yeah, it's not easy because what you see is, you know, you see the people, I was ready for it, right? Because he made that comment to me. So what I saw was people who didn't say anything. I got emails from all these people.

It's like, again, yeah, I have some people pleasing element that I think all of us have, right? Well, not everybody, but a lot of people, I definitely have it. And yeah, it's not easy because what you see is, you know, you see the people, I was ready for it, right? Because he made that comment to me. So what I saw was people who didn't say anything. I got emails from all these people.

It's like, again, yeah, I have some people pleasing element that I think all of us have, right? Well, not everybody, but a lot of people, I definitely have it. And yeah, it's not easy because what you see is, you know, you see the people, I was ready for it, right? Because he made that comment to me. So what I saw was people who didn't say anything. I got emails from all these people.

I'm not going to name drop, but I got a lot of emails that day when that story came out from amazing people. People who were like, how'd you get my email? Congratulating me. But then the ones who are quiet, who don't say anything. And you see it and you're like, okay, but I don't know what to say. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

I'm not going to name drop, but I got a lot of emails that day when that story came out from amazing people. People who were like, how'd you get my email? Congratulating me. But then the ones who are quiet, who don't say anything. And you see it and you're like, okay, but I don't know what to say. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

I'm not going to name drop, but I got a lot of emails that day when that story came out from amazing people. People who were like, how'd you get my email? Congratulating me. But then the ones who are quiet, who don't say anything. And you see it and you're like, okay, but I don't know what to say. Don't hate the player, hate the game.

I mean, I think that it's, Chris really never watched the show. That helped. You know, it was better for him. He knew just not to watch. You know, he really – I was with him before Grey's. So Grey's kind of came out of nowhere for us, and I just think we were on this crazy ride that we were just trying to hang on for dear life. You know –

I mean, I think that it's, Chris really never watched the show. That helped. You know, it was better for him. He knew just not to watch. You know, he really – I was with him before Grey's. So Grey's kind of came out of nowhere for us, and I just think we were on this crazy ride that we were just trying to hang on for dear life. You know –

I mean, I think that it's, Chris really never watched the show. That helped. You know, it was better for him. He knew just not to watch. You know, he really – I was with him before Grey's. So Grey's kind of came out of nowhere for us, and I just think we were on this crazy ride that we were just trying to hang on for dear life. You know –

the part, part of it that was more intense for me, even more than that was back to the tabloid stuff of like how they started attacking him, you know, and bringing up his past things and a record that he had and stuff that he did. And, you know, we don't need to get into a whole racial breakdown here, but like,

the part, part of it that was more intense for me, even more than that was back to the tabloid stuff of like how they started attacking him, you know, and bringing up his past things and a record that he had and stuff that he did. And, you know, we don't need to get into a whole racial breakdown here, but like,

the part, part of it that was more intense for me, even more than that was back to the tabloid stuff of like how they started attacking him, you know, and bringing up his past things and a record that he had and stuff that he did. And, you know, we don't need to get into a whole racial breakdown here, but like,

You know, the truth is young black men in this country aren't given the same opportunities as everybody else. And a lot of people come from rough neighborhoods. I came from a rough neighborhood. I did plenty of dirt when I was young. I won't get into that here.