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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.

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Ellen Pompeo
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: November 10
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Television Actor
Everett
Massachusetts
Ellen Kathleen Pompeo
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