Melissa Sagemiller was born in Washington D.C. where her mother was a political activist and her father played professional football for the Washington Redskins…more
Melissa:(On receiving attention from men as a young model in Paris) The French guys are total perverts! They used to follow us back home, to where the models were staying and jack-off outside the window. They'd try to pull down your skirt in the subway, it's really just Parisian men. If you're American, they think you're easy. Unfortunately, I was blond and American, so I was screwed either way.
Melissa:(On how being famous has affected her life) My life's not any different, I don't think I'm really in the spotlight. Sometimes people recognize me, but I haven't done a lot yet. I'm one of those up-and-coming people, so I don't feel that pressure a lot. It's all in how you deal with it, some people freak out, others can handle it. Like Jack Nicholson, or Matthew Broderick…they handle it so well.
Melissa: I had this gym teacher who would drink cartons of milk and yell at us with it all over his lips. I don't drink milk to this day because I was traumatized. It's always the gym teachers who are freaks.