katielittlejohn:

“Sandra Oh leaving was huge also, as big as Patrick leaving. Neither one was easy for anybody. But one wasn’t more devastating than the other. I took issue last year when people said, “How will the show go on without Derek Shepherd’s character?” when no one had ever asked me how will the show go on without Cristina Yang. I thought that was incredibly sexist and not fair to Sandra, because she, too, is one of the best to ever play the game. There are very few girls that have the talent that that woman has.”

— Ellen Pompeo
as always, real af