Patrick Dempsey admits Hollywood is 'very challenging' environment to raise kids

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Patrick Dempsey is opening up about raising kids in Hollywood. In an interview with People published Friday, the "Grey's Anatomy" star revealed he's trying his best to keep his three children grounded despite his career in the limelight.

He explained it can be "very challenging having your children grow up in Hollywood and to be in that environment." "I just read something about how important it is when you have children, the environment that they’re in will be the most important thing for them and their development," he said. "So, trying to keep that a good calm, loving, safe environment for them." People's newest Sexiest Man Alive shares three children with wife Jillian Fink — daughter Talulah, 21, and twin sons Sullivan and Darby, 16.

Despite having had a front-row seat to their father's success in Hollywood, Dempsey explained the three of them "want to have their own identity, separate from me and that shadow." He added each child is different and that "they all have unique qualities, and they have their own goals." He said it's he and Fink's job as parents to "just try to model [their] behavior, and hopefully they’ll pick up on that." "They’re all athletic, they like to move.They are all very disciplined on that, and you just try to instill the right values," he said. "Hopefully, they have the right manners, and when they come back in and other parents go, 'Oh your children are very polite,' you’re like, 'That’s nice to hear.' And you know they are grounded." With his sons now 16, the "Bridget Jones's Baby" star joked, "They keep me very active" and he "need[s] to stay in shape to keep up with them," saying "the older you get, the more work you have to put in." Not only does he feel he has to put in more work as he.