Quotes from Patrick Dempsey


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


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


Nothing else matters so much as long as you can come home and be with your family.


People sometimes mistake being serious with being taken seriously.


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


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.


As obvious as it sounds, I strongly recommend shopping at a specialty bike store. They are the experts, and they will be able to help you decide which bike is best for you.


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 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.


If I can sleep in until 9 A.M. - wow, what a luxury.


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


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 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 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.


In Los Angeles, as I gained and lost celebrity, then gained it again, I often found myself wondering why I, out of thousands like me, had become famous.


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.


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.


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


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


One day my 3-year-old daughter said 'Your very handsome, Poppy.' That was the best compliment ever.