The anatomy of Gray ends with season 16? Ellen Pompeo is looking for a change

East Ellen Pompeo to get ready to hang up his stethoscope? the The anatomy of Gray The star hinted that the end could be close for her and ABC's long-time medical drama, while discussing the series with Weekly entertainment.

"I'm clearly not ready to make any official announcement about my future in the series, but I really feel like I've said most of the stories we can tell," said Pompeo . "It's time for me to mix it in. I'm looking for a change."

When Pompeo signed her new $ 20 million contract a year, she signed up for seasons 15 and 16. Season 15 debuts on Thursday, September 27th.

In 2017, Pompeo was not ready to say how long she had seen the show.

"I do not know, I know we want to try -" she says, stopping. "Well, come on, you know, I do not like to take things for granted, you can not just assume that the show can last forever, it's up to the fans, and the fans will tell us how many time they want the show to air. "

Series creator Shonda Rhimes previously told E! News the show ends when Pompeo is finished.

"Ellen and I have a pact that I will be doing the show as long as it will do the show," Rhimes said. "So, the show will exist as long as we both want.If she wants to stop, we stop, so I do not know if we'll see 600, but I want it to go on as long as there will be new stories to tell and as long as we are both excited about the stories we will be there, so we'll see where that takes us. "

The anatomy of Gray returns Thursday, September 27 at 8 pm on ABC.