If your patience is running low while waiting for season 8 of Grey's Anatomy to start, there's always season 7. The DVD has already been released (read our review here), so heading over to the ABC store to buy a copy won't be a problem, right? 

Bonus interviews with the cast and crew were also released by the network, just in time for the season 7 DVD launch. Below, you'll find snippets from Q&As with Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes and actors Sara Ramirez and Chandra Wilson.

"There is an interesting real-time episode in Season Seven. There is something fascinating about the speed that doctors work, so we wanted to see what an actual hour of a doctor's life was. I am really interested in the speed in which they have to make decisions and how many patients they really see in an hour. We joke that on our show a character like Callie Torres will see one patient for the entire episode. In reality, she's probably seeing 40 people that day or that week."

"I did a lot of reading, and we talked to a lot of therapists about how the episode would work. We wanted to close the circle to the storyline and we felt like the best way to do that was to have our doctors help another group of people go through a similar experience."

"There are so many different perspectives, but that's what makes the storyline dramatic and interesting. There are various sides to the story, and the stakes are high for everyone."

"It's such a rich storyline and there are so many places we can go with it. Assuming the baby is born and everything is fine with the child, I think it's really interesting to think about what could happen to these people, so I'm really excited to play the story out. This storyline is making a lot of people talk, and that's a good thing. We're creating civic dialogue on the show, which I think is always helpful."

" We run things smoother around here now and the show is a little slicker than it was in the beginning because we were finding our feet back them. We all looked much dirtier on the show in the first season. We barely wore any makeup and everybody was running around the place, so there was a lot of sweat going on. Slowly, over the seasons, they've prettied us up."

"I'm sure Bailey will open up to exploring romance again soon, but she has to regroup at the start of Season Seven. She's been through a traumatic experience with the shootings at the end of Season Six, so she has to stop everything and collect her thoughts, which is why she just wants to be a doctor for a while. That's her coping mechanism."

"No way. I think something like Season Sixteen would be much better. The characters are still growing on Grey's Anatomy and there are a lot more stories to tell. We're still kicking along and I think there's a lot more life in the show yet."

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