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Dances With Candidates: Costner on Politics

Aired August 07, 2003 - 20:56   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Finally tonight, Kevin Costner stopped by the studio tonight to talk life, politics, and movies. He has a new movie out next week called "Open Range."
And I started off by talking politics with him. And I asked him a very simple question, if he's planning to vote for Arnold Schwarzenegger in the recall election.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KEVIN COSTNER, ACTOR/DIRECTOR: We're not in the sixth grade. We're not going to vote for somebody we know because we know them.

ZAHN: Nice dodge. You didn't answer my question whether you would support Arnold or not.

COSTNER: I couldn't vote for anybody at this stage. I'm really -- you know, people have to earn our vote.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

ZAHN: We're going to have more of Kevin's interview with me tomorrow night.

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Aired August 7, 2003 - 20:56   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
PAULA ZAHN, CNN ANCHOR: Finally tonight, Kevin Costner stopped by the studio tonight to talk life, politics, and movies. He has a new movie out next week called "Open Range."
And I started off by talking politics with him. And I asked him a very simple question, if he's planning to vote for Arnold Schwarzenegger in the recall election.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KEVIN COSTNER, ACTOR/DIRECTOR: We're not in the sixth grade. We're not going to vote for somebody we know because we know them.

ZAHN: Nice dodge. You didn't answer my question whether you would support Arnold or not.

COSTNER: I couldn't vote for anybody at this stage. I'm really -- you know, people have to earn our vote.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

ZAHN: We're going to have more of Kevin's interview with me tomorrow night.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com