Patrick Dempsey Quotes

I grew up in a house full of women. I have two older sisters and my mum who is a very strong woman.

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.

A wedding is like a funeral, but with musicians.

I look forward to a time when my career in a place where I can get out of Los Angeles and find a nice small town like I grew up in to raise my family.

My wife and I try not to get into each other's work too much.

I have a specialized racing bike, which is great because it has a solid build, is comfortable to ride, and is lightweight.

Kids take you outside your comfort level because you ask yourself, 'How do I answer that question for them?' You think back to your childhood, and it's like: I don't want to give them that, I want to give them this. My life is my children.

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

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.

I was 17 when I left the small Maine town where I'd grown up. I wanted to do something I thought was important with my life, so I headed to California and didn't look back.

With competition there is always ego and hubris ... competition gets in the way of work.

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

I did a play called 'On Golden Pond' in a dinner theater in Maine and then went to New York for a talent competition having put together a three-man juggling routine and some one-liners and I got myself an agent from that.

I think fame is one of those things where you have a window of opportunity and you have a certain amount of trust from the fans, and without that you don't have a career.

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

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.

The key to a successful marriage is accepting that you're not going to change the other person. And the words Yes, dear. Whatever you want.

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

Sometimes in television, if there are storylines that are oft-told, people can be hypercritical of them.

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

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.

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.

Eventually feels a lot different than actually.

I don't necessarily want to direct because it's too much work and I don't have the attention span to stay with it that long. But I think getting everyone together on something that appeals to me and developing the material is something that I like to do.

People sometimes mistake being serious with being taken seriously.

Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.

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

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

What you want in a romantic comedy, is to have two people that you want to see together and how do they overcome the obstacles that are in the way for that to happen.

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 hate shaving. It's much easier to just do a little stubble, but my wife and daughter like it when I'm clean-shaven. If you see me with a clean face, then you know I'm in the kissing mode!