"Fatherhood is the most important thing. Everything else is a joke," says the actor during an interview in his home. Dempsey and his wife, Jillian, a makeup artist, are the parents of a four year-old daughter, Talula, and are awaiting the birth of twins.
"Now, making money is about providing for my children. And being a father makes you look at yourself. You look at your marriage and go ‘How do I improve this? How do I keep growing and create a stable environment for my children?’ "
One of the ways that the hunky actor keeps his marriage in check is by attending regular therapy sessions with his wife. "Yeah, we go in for checkups and go ‘Hey, here’s what we need to work on,’ " he says. "We’ve had a very good relationship from the beginning, but you run into things you have to work through."
Dempsey added that therapy "is easier than fighting with someone."
"Reading to my daughter has been therapeutic. I’ve gone back and started to learn to read on a very basic level. I’m reading Dr. Seuss, and I’m healing that part of myself, as well as developing my daughter."