When you're nearing 35, going, 'Hey Dad, I can't make these payments,' just isn't cool.

I've always considered myself a physical person. I don't call myself a farm girl, but I did spend a lot of years shoveling manure and throwing hay, because I worked to pay most of my riding expenses.

There was a point when I almost gave up. I couldn't feed myself. I couldn't feed my pets.

How rude would I be, walking around and saying: 'Hello. I'm Eleanor Mondale. My father was vice president of the United States. Treat me differently.

When you're nearing 35, going, 'Hey Dad, I can't make these payments,' just isn't cool.

I wanted to be an actress. I think it had a lot to do with being a kid and watching how every time my dad would stand up to talk people would applaud... that was pretty cool.

Actually, I'm 130, but 125 is what I put on my resume, because that's what I look like I weigh.