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Fast Times with Patrick Dempsey

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MAGINE THIS: IN YOUR EARLY 20S, YOU’RE ALREADY biggest heartthrobs. By your late 30s, you America’s biggest heartthrob. Then you decide to try your hand at being a race-car driver and land on the podium at Le Mans, one of the world’s most grueling endurance races. Next you become co-owner of a racing team. Now you’re 57, still racing a bit, and you just landed a role in Michael Mann’s forthcoming movie, because, oh yeah, you’re still an incredibly handsome actor. That’s Patrick Dempsey. We caught up with him from his home in Maine to find out how he keeps his charmed life in balance.

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