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Ellen Pompeo [1969-0] American

Rank: 102
Actress

Ellen Kathleen Pompeo is an American actress and producer. Born in Everett, Massachusetts, Pompeo moved to New York City at 26 where she was discovered by a casting director who signed her for an advertisement campaign for L'Oreal.

Equality, Famous, Health, Learning, Mom, Teacher, Women

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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.	Equality	101
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.	Teacher	102
Women don't take care of themselves because they take care of everybody else.	Women	103
Learning about the way people process information and their emotions is hugely helpful to my work.	Learning	104
Really, I don't care if people think I'm too skinny. This is my body. If they don't like it, screw it.		105
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.	Health, Mom	106
I don't believe in putting on airs. I call it like I see it.		107
I am who I am, a Southie.		108
I want to teach my daughter the importance of exercising and eating healthy as she grows up.		109
Cancer is something that touches everyone's lives.		110
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?		111
You can't really judge characters, because that's when it gets really hard to play them.		112
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.		113
I just don't want to be self-obsessed.		114
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.		115
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.		116
I went up a pants size during my pregnancy.		117
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.	Famous	118
I was never a person who was introduced to junk food.		119
Happiness is not that easy to achieve, but having a handsome husband, a beautiful baby, and a great job helps.		120
You know, Boston people are full of sauce.		121
Acting can be an amazingly cathartic thing - especially for young girls.		122
This is Hollywood. People don't admit mistakes.		123
I don't like everybody who I see on TV.		124
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.		125
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.		126
I read a lot of nonfiction - especially books about the brain.		201
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.		202
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.		203
It's easy to get lost in the baby. You have to make sure you give your husband attention.		204
Being a mother is magical.		205
Being a mother is the most fun job I've ever had.		206
People love to watch a train wreck, I suppose.		207
Medicine is so fascinating.		208
Want is misery.		209

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