Anthill: Patrick Dempsey and the best investment in his life: "I bought it for 5000 dollars and now it's worth a lot"

‘Ant hill’ The week began with the visit of the actor and racing driver Patrick Dempsey, Known worldwide for songs such as the series ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Or movies Bridget Jones’s baby Or ‘Ferrari’. Pablo Motos To review with the American translator his best experiences throughout his career and his passion for the automotive world that led him to compete in professional races and even found his own competition team.

Patrick Dempsey, TAG Heuer ambassador

This Monday was the second visit of Patrick Dempsey To the entertainment space of Atrismedia Which is broadcast from Monday to Thursday from 21.45 days Antenna 3. The guest , who has already been on the program run by Pablo Motos for almost 10 years, He took advantage of the fact that he had to fly to Barcelona to open the new TAG Heuer store in Barcelona, The brand for which he has been an ambassador for ten years, To return to the’anthill’.

Cabriolet 63, Patrick Dempsey’s best investment

Pablo Motos began the interview by questioning Patrick Dempsey about whether it is true that he spends all the money from his first big success as an actor on a classic car. “O , that’s right. Many years ago, I did a romantic comedy and my first salary was spent on a 63-year-old Cabriolet that I still have,” said the American, who explained the difference between a classic car, the value of which is increasing, from an old one, the value of which is decreasing: “it’s because of the number of units being manufactured, and also because of the iconic urea that has a certain Model, Reliability, and pleasure… It’s a collector’s car. There are other old cars like Porsche or any other such brand that get better over time. It’s like a good wine.”The driver of” El Hormiguero ” was curious to know if the 1963 Cabriolet owned by Patrick Dempsey was worth more now than when he bought it 35 years ago. “I think I bought it for 5000 dollars and now it’s worth much more. “It’s the best investment I’ve ever made in my life,”said the 58-year-old actor.

Patrick Dempsey’s two passions, together in ‘Ferrari’

Patrick Dempsey resumed racing cars after participating in’ Ferrari’, a film in which he coincided with Penelope Cruz, who was responsible for presenting the film mentioned in’El Hormiguero’. In this project, the racing driver, born on January 13, 1966 in the city of Lewiston, belonging to the state of Maine, was able to enjoy his two great passions: cinema and car racing. “I read the script like 10 years before the producer finally got enough money to make the film and I always liked it a little. In addition, there was also a very famous Spanish pilot from that time, I always liked that story and wanted to play a character there. So when I found out that the producer finally had the necessary funds to make the film, I told him that I would like to participate by doing anything and let me know if I mind playing Piero Taruffi. I did your hair and also did all the scenes, including acrobatic businessmen, and this led me to think that it would be nice to participate in car racing again in my free time”.

The presenter of the program ‘El Hormiguero’ asked the American translator about the moments of danger he experienced during the filming of the movie ‘Ferrari’. “The car didn’t have the protective bars and safety that a racing car has now, and that car didn’t have it. So, in this case, if you make a mistake up to 150 miles per hour… There is a scene where the race starts at night, it was raining and we were all in a row running down the highway without really seeing anything. And I’m thinking, ‘ What am I doing? It will be in our modern car with safety features. But the truth is that driving this car was a lot of fun,” said Patrick Dempsey.

The first guest of the week noted that car racing is a form of meditation. “Because you are not thinking about anything other than what you are doing at the moment. “You are somewhat aware of what is going on around you, but you are completely focused, and then the physical exertion also relaxes a lot,”said Patrick Dempsey. “And then, in addition to that, there are great Spanish drivers, like Fernando Alonso, who is also a driver who shows a lot of passion and I think he will already go to the 400th Grand Prix, which is an incredible number,” added the American racing driver.

Patrick Dempsey’s 24 hours of Le Mans experience

Patrick Dempsey talks to Pablo Motos from ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

One of Requena can’t help but ask Patrick Dempsey for ‘Grey’s Anatomy’. “There were 11 seasons and 236 episodes. It’s been a long time,” said the actor who played neurosurgeon Derek Shepherd in the series. “We shoot ten months a year and most days we shoot between 12 and 14 hours. Sometimes we shoot six days a week to shoot up to 26 episodes a year. It was very difficult, of course, for the whole team and also for the actors because we had some rest days but in general we were always there. But the cool thing is that it motivated a lot of people to study medicine, because the series has been around for so many years that you have already met practicing doctors who tell you that ‘grey’s Anatomy’ will inspire them. And this is important because we need more doctors and more nurses,” said the actor, who on one occasion noted that the presence of a doctor was necessary and people looked at him. “I was on a plane trip. Everyone turned around and looked at me, but I told them, “I’m just a neurosurgeon,” he recalls, unable to contain his laughter.

Patrick Dempsey , the sexiest man in the world alive

In 2023, the magazine People I chose Patrick Dempsey as the Sexiest Man Alive in the world. “The truth is that there was a lot of argument in my family about who should have won and everyone was their favorite. It was a great honor, although it is very difficult to take it seriously because there are so many more attractive men than me in the world, but it is always great to be taken into account because it gave me the opportunity to talk about important things for me, like the Dempsey Center, something that inspired my mother’s fight against cancer and, therefore, gave me the opportunity to talk about something that really matters, “said the interpreter, who lost his mother to cancer in 2014.

Helping people with cancer, the goal of the Dempsey Center

Patrick Dempsey and his perception of life and death

Pablo Motos wanted to know what Patrick Dempsey’s current perception of life and death is after his experience with cancer. “He has changed, yes, I think he has changed my perception of life and death. And this gives me the opportunity to talk about the poor people who were affected here in Spain by Dana, in the victims. It’s something that makes you think about how quickly things change, that life passes very quickly and that you have to be very aware of what you’re doing. You need to take care of yourself, eat well, exercise, not get fat… I think that in Spain, in addition, it has less preservatives than in the United States, where unfortunately we have very industrialized food production, with a lot of additives that then lead you to get fat and develop machines, so you have to try to make the healthiest life possible and do as much sport as possible, ” the guest emphasized on Monday.

The life of Patrick Dempsey , a story of self-improvement

The life of Patrick Dempsey is a story of self-improvement, because as a child he suffered from dyslexia and to work on his self-esteem he began to play sports, which prompted him to acting. “As it were. And interpreting is the worst profession in the world if you suffer from dyslexia because you have to learn a lot of phrases. “M was diagnosed later, and for M the sport was very important because it allowed me to improve my self-esteem and have more confidence in myself,”said the racing driver. “Dyslexia, in addition, is hereditary, so I want to make sure my children are diagnosed early because if an early intervention is made, a lot can progress, but nevertheless for me it is a constant struggle. I wish I had done theater, for example William Shakespeare, but it was very difficult for me to learn the dialogue, and the medical terminology in ‘grey’s Anatomy’ also cost me a lot. However, at the same time, I developed other skills and continued to learn all my life”.