At 8 years old today, they know about sex, whereas it used to be 12 years old or whatever. Kids are growing up faster.
Besides having a baby, directing was the hardest thing I've ever done. And it's been the most rewarding in terms of my career.
Comedy's easy for me now - it's all about timing and the way you deliver lines. I use facial expressions to get the point across.
Donald Faison is a good friend of mine from school.
Even if you are watching together, it's not necessarily family time unless you're watching something that everyone enjoys and you can talk about it.
Eventually, everyone said, Why don't you direct? It would save time. And that's how it started.
Every prop, every shot, every pearl that rolled across the floor was exactly how I wanted it to be.
Everyone thought if I cast my sister, it would just be another Hart family production. But I knew she could do the part. She's fantastic in it.
I can't write. My agent got me in touch with a producer who had a stack of shorts.
I didn't get married. I do have a boyfriend. We live together.
I didn't have puppies. No, thank God.
I don't know enough about daytime, I think, to say anything.
I don't think I'm great at acting. I think I'm great at directing.
I get pressure from my audience and my agents to be a 'good girl,' and I'm in the public eye, so if I mess up, it's going to be all over the place.
I have six sisters, so I assumed I'd have a girl. Learning I was having a boy was really weird.
I hope to do films. Right now I'm just doing projects that are interesting.
I love directing. It's where my heart is, and it's the way my mind works.
I love Seinfeld, I love ER. But I usually watch things later on at night, like Letterman, because I don't get home 'till late 'cause I'm working.
I put a drop of lavender essential oil on my pillow before I go to sleep.
I rescued a dog. It was a beautiful.
I think a lot of the problem is that at 8 o'clock there's nothing on for kids.
I think I'm gettin' bad knees at my age.
I think that 8 o'clock and 8:30 shows should be geared towards families. Starting at 9 o'clock you can start family programming.
I think too often parents use TV as a babysitter, turn it on and leave the kids in front of it, just mesmerized.
I used to go to school in Manhattan with a bunch of the City Kids.
I was Young Hollywood, and I'm not any more. The cast and crew were always older than me, and now I'm one of the older people on a set of 18- and 19-year-olds.
I went to Italy. We did a Sabrina Goes to Rome movie. My boyfriend was in it and everything. It was fun.
I work out a lot. I like putting my hair back, and I can't do it with short hair.
I'd always done family-friendly stuff. I wanted to do a film where I could show my darker side and make people uncomfortable.
I'm a pretty open person. Like, if I have good sex, then the next day I'm going to tell everyone I know about it.
I'm calling from my car, I'm sorry, I'm like running around like crazy.
I'm not a happy-ending person. I want to know what happens once Cinderella rides off with Prince Charming.
I'm singing background on one of Blondie's songs on her new album.
I've never trusted myself with anything in this business until I found directing.
If I'm doing a feature, there's a little more freedom to do something a little bit racier 'cause it gets a rating.
If I'm going to do something a little bit more adult, I'll do it if it's going to be on at a different time slot or if it's going to be something that kids won't be able to get their hands on.
If it's right for me, I'll know.
In the Emperor's New Clothes, they got a different celebrity to do each voice. They drew up a picture of each character and then each actor wrote their own part.
It's difficult when I say no and then I see the movie come out and it's a big hit.
Kids aren't going to understand single life in New York City.
My career has always revolved around what I do and don't want my sisters and brothers seeing me doing.
Sabrina ran for seven years with a different director every week.
The whole reason Sabrina came about was because we wanted something good for families to watch on TV.
There was a big question as to whether or not different generations have grown up differently.
There's this book coming out for the Star Bright Foundation. It's an audio book about The Emperor's New Clothes.
They were doing a spin-off episode with my sister, and at the last minute they pulled it. It would have been a really good show.
This is something that is good for the generations that remember The Emperor's New Clothes: Madonna plays the Empress, I play the Princess.
This is the first time in my life I've had hair this short. It's always been down to my waist. I can't hide behind my hair any more.
Tune in to Kids and Family Week is perfect for me.
When I first got pregnant, I freaked out. Then I had to remind myself: I'm turning 30.
When I shared a room with my sister Trisha, we drew a line down the middle. She had Laura Ashley stuff with flowers everywhere, and her whole side of the room was white, while my side of the room was painted, freaky and covered with stuff.
When I started doing Sabrina, it was really a timing issue. It was so heavy with special effects, it took us three days to do one show with two rehearsal days, so it was like a little movie.
When I was shooting Drive Me Crazy, I wanted to go out with the rest of the cast and stay up late and play air hockey. I just wanted to have fun.
Her mother was only 18-years-old when Melissa was born.
Melissa made her first television commercial when she was a baby for a bathtub toy called Splashy.
Melissa is a Roman Catholic.
Her favorite episode of 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch' is the Pilot.
Her nicknames are: mel, halfpint, sa
Has attended New York University via correspondence courses since January 1994. She is pursuing a BA in a combination of art and literature classes, but put her studies on hold for 1 year due to her hectic filming schedules. (October 1999)
She can recite pi to 341 digits.
She collects Shirley Temple and Audrey Hepburn memorabilia.
Was born without the teeth to either side of her two front teeth, a condition that was "fixed" in 1993.
Was born at 1:30 p.m. on Easter Sunday.
Melissa had a small role in Crocodile Dundee (1986), however, it was cut from the film.
Melissa has narrated a classical album for children, "Peter and the Wolf" (1994).
She has sung on a rock/pop album called, "This Is What 'NA NA' Means" (1994).
She has a brother, Brian Hart.
She has a sister named Trisha Hart.
Melissa got married July 19, 2003.
Melissa just had a baby named Mason. He was 9 lbs and 21 inches long.
She enjoys snowboarding.
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