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

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.

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

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

People sometimes mistake being serious with being taken seriously.

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

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.

Fame is fleeting. Sometimes people like you, sometimes they don’t. Not all people are going to like you.

A wedding is like a funeral, but with musicians.

Eventually feels a lot different than actually.

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.

Beauty awakens the soul to act.

It turned out that capitalism alone could make people not only rich and happy but also poor, hungry, miserable, and powerless.

When your mind doesn't stir inside, the world doesn't arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.

Passion is the great slayer of adversity. Focus on strengths and what you enjoy.

I used to do a lot of interviews in the early '80s, when my career started, but it came to a point when I decided I didn't want to talk anymore, and people kind of understood that and left me alone.

There are times when you work with directors on set, and things are a bit rudderless, and those can be good directors.

That's a way to see it and there is also another way to see it.

I, myself, don't like to see a film on Friday night and then forget it by the next day.

Time has the same effect on the mind as on the face; the predominant passion and the strongest feature become more conspicuous from the others retiring.

We need to be aware of the suffering, but retain our clarity, calmness and strength so we can help transform the situation.