Ellen Pompeo has offered both entertainment and insight in the ABC medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy,” and now she’s lifting the surgical veil to reveal the sources of joy and stability that have guided her through the emotional rollercoaster of Meredith Grey’s life.

Ellen also got incredibly honest about struggling with the “repetitive nature” of “Grey’s,” revealing that she’d love to make many changes but isn’t allowed.

Meredith Grey has enjoyed her share of romance since first walking into the hospital in the 2005 Grey’s Anatomy series premiere “A Hard Day’s Night, and it probably didn’t occur to Ellen Pompeo at the time that she might have to answer questions about her character’s actions one day to her children.

Grey's Anatomy' star Ellen Pompeo, who takes on the real-life crime story of Natalia Grace in Hulu's new limited series 'Good American Family', recalls 'brutal' years when she was younger: 'Everyone thought I had an eating disorder.