Patrick Dempsey
Patrick Dempsey
Patrick Galen Dempsey is an American actor and race car driver, best known for his role as neurosurgeon Dr. Derek Shepherdon Grey's Anatomy. He saw early success as an actor, starring in a number of films in his early 20s, including Can't Buy Me Loveand Loverboy. In the 1990s, he mostly appeared in smaller roles in film, such as Outbreak, and television, before landing a lead role in Sweet Home Alabama, a surprise box office hit. He has since then...
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth13 January 1966
CityLewiston, ME
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We were on the waterfront, now we're here. And I think we're doing some street scenes. It's good for us as a cast. We were out last night at a restaurant and we're getting a sense of what the community is like, what the restaurants are like, what the people are like and that will help inform us and be much more specific when we're shooting.
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We need to spend more time here, ... If the show is about personal relationships, we need to expand that and show what their relationship is to the city. I'm certainly lobbying for that. I'm falling in love with the city, and I want to spend more time up here. ... There's nothing that makes you feel like Seattle in Burbank.
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We wouldn't be able to do what we're doing without her. We love her and respect her immensely and she makes us look good.
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The biggest issue was figuring out what the pecking order was,
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It's given me a perspective of -- you have to keep working. I have never given up.
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We shot everything. We had no idea what was going to happen. If the show was going to be any good. We hadn't seen anything. So when it finally came out and started building this momentum, we were all extremely pleased and shocked at the success of it.
I think it's made me who I am today.
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I think that's when I get the most insecure ... it's very hard for me to read it off the page. I need to memorize it, in order to go on.
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I got a lot out of it; it made me a much better man. But with the age people wind up going through two different cycles in their lives.
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I really love it now. But I also have a life outside it, with Jill and Tallulah. I am really thankful that it is all going well.
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I base all my characters on hair.
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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.
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You'll go insane if you try to have a picture-book house.
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With bikes, it is absolutely the case that you will get what you pay for. Invest in quality so it will endure wear and tear.