Patrick Dempsey

“When you discover first love as a teenager, your whole life revolves around it and you open yourself up to it.”

“Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take responsibility for it, get destroyed by it. I also saw that stardom in and of itself was empty.”

“I think TV is much more the writer's medium and film is about the director and their vision and how you can collaborate with them and see that through to the end. They are so different.”

“I know it can be dangerous, but I love racing. I worry my wife, but she knows it's important to me.”

“My big thing is to make sure the lipsticks taste good when you kiss. And, well, so far they taste pretty darn good.”

“If biking is your passion, set aside time to enjoy a good ride.”

“היו תקופות שהייתי נורא מבואס, אחרי שנכשלתי באודישנים ולא הצלחתי לקבל תפקידים. הייתי מריר, מאוכזב, לא הייתי מסוגל ללכת לראות סרטים מרוב קנאה באלה שכן עובדים. לא הבנתי מה קורה לי ולמה אני נכשל. לא חשבתי על הסבת מקצוע, בגלל שלא ידעתי מה עוד אני יכול לעשות חוץ ממשחק. הרי לא למדתי דבר אחר אף פעם, ועוד עזבתי את לימודי התיכון באמצע.”

“אתה יכול לעשות רק דבר אחד בכל רגע נתון, ואתה צריך לעשות אותו על הצד הטוב ביותר. למדתי לתעדף.”

“אני משתדל להשיג את התסריטים כמה שיותר מוקדם, כדי שאוכל ללמוד ולשנן אותם.”

“אני מודע לכך שההצלחה היא דבר חמקמק ונזיל.”

“Now I'm just known as McDreamy, I've lost all identity as Patrick Dempsey, I'm now McDreamy.”

“I started off as a juggler. I used to do a half-hour show on the weekends to make money as a kid. Then I went to Cleveland, Ohio in 1983 to the international jugglers competition junior division and came second. So that was my first job, being a juggler.”

“I like physical comedy. And I like the old comedies.”

“And, sure, if you have a political point of view, you have every right to share it. But you have to be careful not to get too self-important. You have to find the balance between being entertaining and being preachy.”

“I think dreams can come true, but not necessarily like fairy-tales. It's not always so perfect like that.”

“The best part about being married is feeling centered. Nothing else matters so much as long as you can come home and be with your family.”

“Housekeeping is incredibly difficult with three kids. I'm trying to be more relaxed. You'll go insane if you try to have a picture-book house.”

“When I left Maine, I always wanted to be a working actor. I never cared too much about being the star. I just wanted to do the work and get on with it.”

“I love having a big family. I think it's easier, oddly, in some ways, having three children as opposed to one.”

“The hardest thing about having three kids is trying to find a balance, because there's always the odd man out, and you also need to make sure each child gets the attention he or she needs.”