Ellen Pompeo has admitted that she may quit acting when ABC drama Grey's Anatomy comes to an end.
Speaking at a Buzzfeed panel, she said there was no "strong desire" to keep on acting.
Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey / Credit: Sky Living"I definitely feel myself transitioning. I don't find acting terribly empowering. For the place I am in my life... I don't necessarily want to work for other people."
When pressed about whether this meant she was confirming her retirement, she responded: "I mean, never say never, I'm not going to come out and make one of those statements like, 'I'm retiring', and then in February come back.
"I try to keep an open heart, an open mind, an open soul and spirit to whatever comes my way, and whatever is meant to be for me will be."
She continued: "Grey's is in 97 countries or something and we've had this blessing of all these wonderful fans who still love us 10 years later.
"I feel like I did it and I don't have anything left to prove, and I'd like to try to challenge myself.
"I'd like to see if I can be something different and be successful at something different. I feel like I'm very successful at acting. For my journey, I feel like, 'OK, I did the absolute top of what I could do in television, and I'd like to try a new sport and see if I'm any good at something else'."
Meanwhile, Shonda Rimes - creator of Grey's Anatomy - recently said she has no current plans to end her long-running series.
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