I had a career. His name was Ike.

Ike runs the country, and I turn the pork chops.

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.

Almost everything else I have done during my adult years has been affected to some extent by my name - by my father's position, if you will. But in the air, I had no name; to the Federal Aviation Agency I was simply Comanche Nine-Nine POP. The quality of my landings, navigation and judgment were mine alone.

I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to auditioning to the showcase in New York. And then I had an agent, and I was an actress.

I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had.