Patrick Dempsey
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Dr. McDreamy is hard at work, even in the off-season. But he still manages to keep it laid back. A week after driving the pace car at the Indy 500, the amazing Patrick Dempsey is back on the set - of his newest movie, Made of Honor. Here's a photo of Patrick filming a flashback scene.

Due out later this year, Made of Honor is the story of a guy in love with his engaged friend - and who tries to win her over when she asks him to be her maid of honor. Should be a good one!

Prior to his driving the Pace Car at yesterday's Indianapolis 500, Good Morning America interviewed Patrick Dempsey to discuss his racing passion - as well as what's going on with his character on Grey's Anatomy!

Patrick may not have a clue what's to become of the troubled Derek and Meredith after the way Season 3 ended, but in listening to him, it's plain to see why this Dr. McDreamy is revered by fans on and off the set.

Here's the clip of Patrick on the show ...

If star gazing is your thing, then the Indianapolis 500 is for you, even if you aren't a big auto racing enthusiast like Patrick Dempsey.

After all, the 500-mile race, set for Sunday, will feature none other than Grey's Anatomy's Dempsey as the pace car driver.

What's more, his co-star and on-screen love, Ellen Pompeo, will be flying in for the big race, the Indianapolis Star reports.

Last week's Greys Anatomy season finale left viewers wondering about Derek and Meredith, but their off-screen friendship must be a little more solid.

Pompeo is engaged to music producer Christopher Ivery, while Patrick is married to wife Jillian, with whom he has three young children.

Another Grey's Anatomy star, Eric Dane, will be among the celebrities walking the red carpet Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Officials at the Speedway released the names of more celebs expected to be in town for the 500-Mile Race - and attending a prerace red carpet walk in Pagoda Plaza.

He'll be joining some other familiar faces, including Ashley Judd, wife of driver Dario Franchitti; Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, Dempsey, Pompeo, Dennis Farina, Ray Liotta, Survivor legend Rupert Boneham, Gene Simmons of Kiss and legendary TV mom Florence Henderson.

In the new issue of Redbook, hot husband Patrick Dempsey reveals that even he would ask his alter-ego, Dr. Derek Shepherd, for love advice.

The man behind McDreamy on Grey's Anatomy opens up to the magazine about choosing family-friendly roles, coping with success at such a young age, and keeping his marriage on track. Below are some excerpts:

On making his wife, Jillian Dempsey, swoon:
"I hope I still make her swoon! Sometimes I think to myself, God, would Derek Shepherd do this? Because I am certainly not a perfect male at this moment. Just trying to provide and communicate and let her know how beautiful and important she is to me - I think those things make her swoon."

On returning to romantic comedies:
"I don't want to do violent movies right now because I think there's too much violence in the world and I don't want to add to that. Romantic comedies, at this point - we're at war, we're in a horrible place worldwide - I want to so something that is going to help people escape. Enchanted was a movie I did for my daughter [Talula, 5]. I wanted to do something that kids can go see, and is fun for adults as well.

On his first shot at stardom:
"Mentally, I never really wanted success until I was in my 30s. Quite honestly, I think I sabotaged myself in my 20s because I felt I was too young and didn't realize what was happening. But there was a time when I didn't think it was going to work out. Like, wow, maybe that was the best period in my life."

On Wednesday, Patrick Dempsey, a.k.a. Derek Shepherd, checked out of Seattle Grace temporarily to film his forthcoming romantic comedy, Made of Honor, on a Los Angeles movie set.

Made of Honor tells the story of a guy in love with an engaged woman tries to win her over after she asks him to be her maid of honor.

Patrick Dempsey, who will drive the pace car at this month's Indianapolis 500, strolled between his trailer and the film set with a cup of coffee and shot scenes with his co-stars (a couple of lucky females).

Click to enlarge these pictures of Patrick on the set. Looks like Dempsey sure is McDreamy both on and off the Grey's Anatomy set - not that we're new here. He was named one of the world's most beautiful, after all.

Fans gathered yesterday for a lunchtime Indy 500 "Kickoff" gathering on Monument Circle in the center of Downtown Indianapolis.

On hand, the Indianapolis Star reports, were some of the 500 Festival Princesses, Chevrolet Corvettes similar to this year's pace car and music by local band Ribs and Bones.

Elsewhere, the speedway announced that actor (and race-team) co-owner Patrick Dempsey of Grey's Anatomy will drive the pace car at this year's Indianapolis 500 on May 27.

The Lewiston, Maine, native has portrayed Dr. Derek Shepherd on the show since 2005. He is also a co-owner of Indianapolis 500 team Vision Racing.

Dempsey drives in off-road events and sports car races for Hyper Sport Racing. The actor finished a career-best fifth on April 15 in the Koni Challenge Series event at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

"During recent years, [Patrick Dempsey] has developed a strong bond with racing and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway," Joie Chitwood, IMS president and chief operating officer, said in a statement today.

"He truly understands and appreciates the pageantry, prestige and tradition [of auto racing]."

Ed Peper, Chevrolet general manager, said Dempsey is qualified to drive the pace car, which like regular production models comes with 400 horsepower and a top speed of 186 mph.

"He is known as a dedicated car and racing enthusiast," Peper said. "Being accustomed to high-performance cars and racetracks, he's a great candidate to drive the Pace Car."

Grey's Anatomy stars Katherine Heigl, Ellen Pompeo, Patrick Dempsey, and Isaiah Washington take a break from filming their hit TV medical drama on Monday in Hollywood.

Patrick and Ellen Pompeo were filming a wedding scene (looking terrific in the process, we might add) - presumably that of Burke and Cristina.

Meanwhile, Katherine Heigl took a break (and food back to her trailer), as Ellen chatted with Patrick, and Isaiah Washington smoked a big cigar.

Perhaps that's a good sign the wedding goes off without a hitch!

The season finale airs Thursday, May 17. As for this week, it's the two-hour event, "The Other Side of This Life," that doubles as the pilot for the Kate Walsh-led spin-off, tentatively titled Private Practice.

Click any of these Grey's Anatomy photos to enlarge!

A pair of Grey's Anatomy beauties - Patrick Dempsey and Katherine Heigl - are featured in People magazine's Most Beautiful People of 2007. Here are the pictures of the terrific twosome from the magazine, as well as what they both have to say about their wonderful heads of hair...

"Hair to me is not a priority. All I ever do is throw it in a bun," admits Katherine Heigl, 28. "The only thing I know how to do is hot rollers, which is sort of over. I can't style bangs even though I love them and I'm always like, 'Let's cut some bangs!' And then I'm stuck with hair I can't figure out."

"The gray hairs certainly have come in the last few months," says the 41-year-old leading man of Grey's Anatomy. "The last year has been difficult on many levels, with the show moving to Thursday, and everything that happened this year, and worrying that everything was going to go all right with the boys [newborns Darby and Sullivan] and my wife [Jillian, 41]. But they've ceased to come in as quickly."

More than a dozen fans waited outside the Hyper Sport transporter Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, according to the Miami Herald, hoping to catch a glimpse of a Grey's Anatomy star.

Joe Foster, a principal of the team, popped out carrying a white trash bag and said sarcastically, "This is Patrick Dempsey's trash, do you want to take a picture of it?"

Moments later, Dempsey, who plays Dr. Derek Shepherd on the ABC hit medical drama, emerged before ducking away from the crowd to prepare for the timed 2.5-hour Grand-Am Koni Challenge GS sports car race.

Patrick Dempsey wasn't here for a cameo role, to pose for the paparazzi or engage in an autograph session.

When the 41-year-old actor catches a break in his chaotic filming schedule, he competes in the pro-Am sports car series where he is a driver and part-owner.

It's a breather from changing the diapers of his six-week old twin sons, Sullivan Patrick and Darby Galen.

It's also his ultimate escape from Hollywood.

"I'm much calmer in the car," Dempsey said.

Dempsey and co-driver Charles Espenlaub of Tampa finished sixth of 39 cars in the Koni Challenge. It marked Patrick Dempsey's best finish in five Koni Challenge races and also the first time he was present for more than just race day.

Dempsey said maneuvering a sports car and going as fast as 170 mph give him more of a rush than filming dramatic Grey's Anatomy scenes.

"I really enjoy auto racing much more than I enjoy doing the show," Dempsey said. "I mean I enjoy the show, but it's a different thing because it's like a long distance race."

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He's even McDreamy on wheels! Grey's Anatomy top doc Patrick Dempsey cycles his way to fitness on a recent break from filming. Luckily for us, Us Weekly was there to catch him in the act and provide us with this pic.

When he's not pursuing his other passion - auto racing - Patrick is always up for a bike ride. Especially if it involves his daughter, Talula.