Ellen Pompeo wishes more women would join politics

Los Angeles: Ellen Pompeo says she is "baffled" that not many women take up a career in politics and hopes if it were the other way round the current US President would have been a female. The 47-year-old actress, who compares the art of directing to running a country since women do a better job than men at multitasking, says they are completely fit to run a nation which needs constant attention, reported Variety.

"Directing is multitasking. It's baffling to me... that there aren't more women in politics because running the country is multitasking, and women are notoriously better at that than men. "It's so curious to me how we end up in these dynamics. Clearly, our president cannot tweet and do anything at the same time. (Hillary Clinton) can manage her emotion and tweet, all at the same time," Pompeo says.

She also talks about her directorial debut with a "Grey's Anatomy" episode in the ongoing season 13 of the medical drama. "As far as creativity on 'Grey's,' you're kind of trapped in a hospital and there's only so much you can do, so I wasn't that excited about it creatively," she says.