Katherine Heigl: I quit Grey's because "my priorities were messed up"

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Katherine Heiglsays one of her main motivations to leaveGrey's Anatomywas so she could spend more time with her family.

In an interview withGood Housekeeping, Heigl says that between shooting movies andGrey's Anatomy, her schedule didn't leave her enough time with her daughter Naleigh, whom she and husbandJosh Kelleyadopted from South Korea in 2009. "I would come home angry and frustrated that I'd missed everything with my kid that day," Heigl tellsGH. "I didn't get to wake her up from her nap, or do bath time or bedtime. I'd have to sneak into her room and kiss her when she was sleeping, hoping not to wake her up."

Does Katherine Heigl regret leavingGrey's Anatomy?

Even before she and Kelley adopted Naleigh, however, Heigl had asked for a lighter work load onGrey'sas she tried to balance the show with her burgeoning film career. Aftertaking a couple leaves of absences, sheleft the series in 2010after creatorShonda Rhimesagreed to release her from her contract.

"I felt like my priorities were messed up," she says of that period. "I was putting so much time and energy into just my work, but I was raised [to believe] that family comes first."

In 2012, Heigl and Kelleyadopted a second daughter, Adelaide, in Louisiana. With her daughters now ages 5 and 2, Heigl is set to return to TV for the upcoming NBC dramaState of Affairs.

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