Ellen Pompeo

She's extraordinary in that way. Back to my earlier point of being able to have this amazing home life. Shonda is a big family person. She has a big family herself. She's always with her parents and her sisters, and she really celebrates women going on a fertility journey, whether biological, non-biological. I had my second two children via surrogate.

She's just a really big supporter of women being able to work and have families. I don't think there's many people in this town who do that.

She's just a really big supporter of women being able to work and have families. I don't think there's many people in this town who do that.

She's just a really big supporter of women being able to work and have families. I don't think there's many people in this town who do that.

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But people who judge that and make those very ignorant comments, they lack wisdom and they lack intuition and they lack magic. And Shonda is magic. We know that. Yeah, we do. And the truth is, and she has even famously said this, At work, I'm not 100% at work when I have kids at home. I'm absolutely not. You cannot be a mother and have children and give 100% to your job. You can't.

But people who judge that and make those very ignorant comments, they lack wisdom and they lack intuition and they lack magic. And Shonda is magic. We know that. Yeah, we do. And the truth is, and she has even famously said this, At work, I'm not 100% at work when I have kids at home. I'm absolutely not. You cannot be a mother and have children and give 100% to your job. You can't.

But people who judge that and make those very ignorant comments, they lack wisdom and they lack intuition and they lack magic. And Shonda is magic. We know that. Yeah, we do. And the truth is, and she has even famously said this, At work, I'm not 100% at work when I have kids at home. I'm absolutely not. You cannot be a mother and have children and give 100% to your job. You can't.

Because there's a part of you that's somewhere else. You split into different pieces. You're no longer just you. You split into different pieces. And you know what that does? What? It makes you more soulful. It makes you richer. It makes you funnier. It makes you feel more. It makes you more empathetic. It makes you angrier.

Because there's a part of you that's somewhere else. You split into different pieces. You're no longer just you. You split into different pieces. And you know what that does? What? It makes you more soulful. It makes you richer. It makes you funnier. It makes you feel more. It makes you more empathetic. It makes you angrier.

Because there's a part of you that's somewhere else. You split into different pieces. You're no longer just you. You split into different pieces. And you know what that does? What? It makes you more soulful. It makes you richer. It makes you funnier. It makes you feel more. It makes you more empathetic. It makes you angrier.

It gives you this range of emotions that you can't even imagine having without this person. You will be...

It gives you this range of emotions that you can't even imagine having without this person. You will be...

It gives you this range of emotions that you can't even imagine having without this person. You will be...

yourself times a thousand you will just be a better version of yourself and it doesn't matter that you can't give a hundred percent to this because by the way as women we evolve anyway and you're gonna whether you I'm not saying kids is the only path plenty of people don't want to have kids and that's great for them but if that's something that you want that's only gonna make you better and

yourself times a thousand you will just be a better version of yourself and it doesn't matter that you can't give a hundred percent to this because by the way as women we evolve anyway and you're gonna whether you I'm not saying kids is the only path plenty of people don't want to have kids and that's great for them but if that's something that you want that's only gonna make you better and

yourself times a thousand you will just be a better version of yourself and it doesn't matter that you can't give a hundred percent to this because by the way as women we evolve anyway and you're gonna whether you I'm not saying kids is the only path plenty of people don't want to have kids and that's great for them but if that's something that you want that's only gonna make you better and

You know, you're going to morph into – you'll morph into that person who part of your being is a mother. And that's only a plus.