CAN YOU IMAGINE ROB LOWE AS DR. MCDREAMY INSTEAD OF PATRICK DEMPSEY? BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED...
"(I) coulda been MCDreamy! It's an occupational hazard. It's like BRAD PITT turns down THE MATRIX to go do SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET. It happens to everybody. The great thing is that Patrick Dempsey is so great in that part and he's such a great actor. If I'd have done that I wouldn't be doing this great part and having this fun on (new TV series) BROTHERS AND SISTERS. It all works out."


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