Steve: "WOW!"
Cindi: "I wish I could say wow."
Steve: Wow!"
Cindi: "You know obviously....."
Steve: "I still get embarassed man."
Cindi: "Do you?"
Steve: (moving around in his chair) "Yeah, This is WEIRD!"
Cindi: "You're turning red?"
Steve: "Yeah I'm blushing you know."
Cindi: "How does it feel? Look how popular you are."
Steve: (sort of shakes head) "It's amazing to me. It really is."
Cindi: "If you think back to when Jason was a good guy....." (Steve laughs) "And then all of a sudden he's switched into a bad guy, and now, how was it for you taking over a, well, I mean this is a huge role? Actually, taking over Sonny's place."
Steve: "Yeah, it was a....it was a....I was dreading it actually. I wanted the opportunity because like you said...." (makes a face) "The nice Jason was boring. Let's face it." (laughs) "Nice clothes though. No jeans and that horrible leather jacket I wear everyday."
Cindi: "That's it. But do you like the change?"
Steve: "Love the change. I was kind of dreading it because Maurice Benard is such a wonderful actor and taught me so much and I uh.....had to come to the realization that I can't fill his shoes. Um, I'm just going to have to do the best I can and see if they accept me, they do, and if they don't, I get fired." (laughs)
Cindi: "You're accepted. He's accepted. Is he not?" (audience cheers, Steve takes a drink)
Steve: "Thank you." (Cindi is trying to talk, but the audience is still cheering. Steve takes his hands and waves at them to stop)
Cindi: "Look at you. Tell me how you're feeling now."
Steve: "Yeah! I'm from Ohio. It's weird man!"
Cindi: "Where in Ohio?"
Steve: "Cleveland."
Cindi: "Cleveland? Oh dear."
Steve: "White trash that got lucky." (smiles)
Cindi: "Yeah well. I gotta tell you something. My family's from Columbus, Ohio. I feel the same."
Steve: "Yeah, well....."
Cindi: "It's hard to get used to."
Steve: "Yeah, it's weird."
Cindi: "Is it hard getting used to people all of a sudden clammoring after you? I mean, c'mon."
Steve: "Yeah." (shakes head) "I don't think I'll get used to it. It's such a joy for me, because luckily I started out as a nice character so in the begining fans could come up and feel like they could talk to me and which they CAN always and so that has never gone away. So, it's really an honor."
Cindi: "Who is Jason? What's he about?"
Steve: (pauses) "Braindamaged."
Cindi: "According to Taggart only."
Steve: (smiles) "Yeah, according to Taggart. Ahhh...I don't know, he's a combination between, ahhh, probably me really."
Cindi: "Is he?"
Steve: "Between the old Jason. It was more of a stretch, people always ask me 'Is it a stretch to play the new Jason?' Um, it was more of a stretch for me to play the old Jason. You know. Because I had to...." (pauses) "Make my moment shine. So to speak. Because I didn't have a lot to do. You know? I was pre-med and I'm the farthest thing from pre-med. I was a billionaire and I'm the farthest thing from being a billionaire." (laughs) "So, ahhh....the new Jason was...it was a stretch because after the accident I had to pretty much act like a kid from the beginning. Because ah...."
Cindi: "We've got a before and after someplace."
Steve: "Oh gosh."
Cindi: (showing different pics of Steve throughout his career on GH) "There we go. There are your changes. Lots of differences there guy." (audience cheers) "I gotta tell ya...."
Steve: "Look at that. Look at that hair. It looks like Fabio." (Cindi laughs. Steve says 'Yah' in an accent.)
Cindi: "I personally like the changes and like I told you before the show, and I'll say it again in front of all these fine folks, when you watch the character of Jason, or actually I watch them all. It's so wonderful to look at you in a scene." (looks to audience) "He owns that scene and doesn't say a word. Am I right?" (audience cheers) "That's so important. I look at you and I'm going 'I wonder what he's thinking? I wonder what Jason is thinking?"
Steve: "Ahhh, lunch is in about 10 minutes. That's usually what I'm thinking." (Cindi, Steve, and the audience laugh)
Cindi: "Let me go to the audience. Julianna? Is it Julianna?"
Julianna: "Oh wow." (laughs)
Steve: "I feel the same way, don't worry."
Julianna: (laughs) "I was wondering, are you and Robin, or Jason and Robin, going to be back together, or are maybe by chance be with Carly? Because when you're with the baby, you are just adorable."
Steve: "Yeah that kid. You know that kid. I love that kid. It was really strange..... To answer your question real quick, cuz I love to talk about the kid. First off, I'm not really familiar with babies......" (they're showing a clip of Robin & Jason kissing)
Cindi: In real life."
Steve: "In real life and he was only 4 or 5 weeks old when he started working with me. You know. You had to burp him and if he gets a certain expression on his face you have to put him up. There was this one scene.....they get 20 minutes, the kids, a day. So, we try to do all his scenes at once. And ahhh......there was this scene where I had to put him in the incubator." (motions with hands to put baby in incubator) "So, you know, in film they say 'action' and in soap operas or tv they say, '5,4,3,2' So '5,4,3,2' I hear....." (makes a farting sound. laughs) "So there was no way I was going to put my hand in that incubator. There's NO WAY! So, but I do love the kid. He's really grown on me. To answer your question, I don't know what's going to happen exactly. I won't get with Carly ever again, I know that."
Cindi: "You won't?"
Steve: "No."
Cindi: "What about....."
Steve: "Nah, I'd love to be. I would love for Robin and I to get back together. But I think that were going to have to go through some stuff first, before we can reunite."
Cindi: "We're going to take a quick break, but up next I'm going to ask Steve about his personal love life."
Steve: "No you're not."
Cindi: "Yes. I am." (laughs) "We'll be right back. Don't go away."
Steve: "Nope." (Cindi laughs)
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Cindi: "Welcome back to NorthWest Afternoon. We're with Steve Burton who is Jason on General Hospital, in case you didn't know. Sooooo, do you have a girlfriend?" (Steve just sits there looking at her) "Don't stone wall me." You're not Jason today."
Steve: "Yes I do." (groans from the audience) "Oh, come on, see. That's not fair." (someone from audience yells "Congrats") "Thank you."
Cindi: "Is it long?"
Steve: "It hasn't been long but, yeah, it's pretty serious. It's just so hard for actors on TV to find someone, who's, you know. It's really working out, and...." (smiles) "Can't wait for Valentine's Day."
Cindi: "We may have some more scoop after that."
Steve: "Yes you will."
Cindi: "Oooh. Did you hear that?"
Steve: "Maybe."
Cindi: "Let's go to Sarah. I'm not gonna press him. Sarah?" (points to someone in audience)
Sarah: "Is Maurice Benard ever coming back?"
Cindi: "That was my question."
Steve: "You know what? I saw Maurice yesterday because we're doing a 35th Anniversary Special Show and he came on to do it. He has no plans to come back. He's pretty happy being fat and hairy at home sitting on the couch, so......"
Cindi: "Not a two week stand or anything?"
Steve: "I don't know. I don't know. I can't say anything because I get in trouble for everything, so....."
Cindi: "What about your girlfriend? Is she in the business?"
Steve: "No she's not."
Cindi: "Are you going to ask her to get married?"
Steve: (makes a face) "WHAT? For Valentine's Day?" (motions 'No', with hands)
Cindi: "Well?"
Steve: "No, not yet, I don't know."
Cindi: "I was just wondering."
Steve: "Wow, that was kind of odd."
Cindi: "Well..."
Steve: "What's up with you? Are you married?"
Cindi: "Yeah I am."
Steve: "That's great. Next question."
Cindi: (laughs) "Ok. let me go to the tape. Do we have time to show the tape?" (Steve is laughing, shaking his head) "This is for the ladies ok. Let's go back in time."
Steve: "Oh no!" (Cindi giggles)
They show a clip of Jason taking off his towel in front of Keesha and telling her "Let's do it right now." When the clip is over, the audience cheers. Steve smiles and looks embarrased.
Cindi: "Well, you know, I gotta say.....that was the beginning of the change for Jason...."
Steve: "Yeah."
Cindi: " And I think the ladies liked it, didn't we?" (smiles)
Steve: "Yeah." (looking embarrased)
Cindi: "Steve, how long are you going to stay? You're in a long term contract now?"
Steve: "I have 2 more years. About 24 months."
Cindi: "Are they writing, it seems to me, they're writing to Jason for you. In other words.....you own that character, make no mistake, but it seems to me, the writers are working with you on making Jason who you think he should be. Am I right?"
Steve: "Yeah, they do. Ummm.....especially when you're dealing with the mafia type stuff. Which it's totally unbelievable for me to run a territory, to begin with."
Cindi: "Right."
Steve: "So, ah, I've read every book possible and seen every movie possible. You know? So, we try to keep it as real as possible when it comes to that stuff." (pauses) "And actually, I get a little say in what my character would or wouldn't do."
Cindi: "That's good."
Steve: "You know, like, they were entertaining the idea of maybe me getting with Brenda."
Cindi: "Hmmm...."
Steve: "So, it was just like....it wasn't going to happen."
Cindi: "It just wasn't. No." (Steve shakes his head) "Well, you have a Vanessa Marcil story. Everybody's talking about....."
Steve: "I do not have a Vanessa Marcil story."
Cindi: "Well, tell them what it really is."
Steve: "Oh, what happened was, I was driving to work one day and it's 6 in the morning and I'm not really a morning person. And her dressing room's next to mine. I kind of walked into her dressing room by accident and there she was.....everything was OUT. Ummm...." (Steve smiles)
Cindi: "Did you get in trouble?"
Steve: "Oh yeah she yelled at me. She was like 'You BEEP, BEEP, BEEP.' Right? So, we went up to Wendy Riche's office and she was like "I can't believe it. You know, he walked in on me and I was changing and stuff like that.' And I was like 'Wendy she didn't mind it the first three times.'" (Cindi and audience laugh)
Cindi: "But that's a joke."
Steve: "It was totally a joke. Cuz I do comedy shows."
Cindi: "That never happened in real life."
Steve: "It never happened. It all got blown out of proportion because of the internet. I do comedy shows. I make fun of myself, first of all."
Cindi: "Sure."
Steve: "You know? Cuz I say I'm the retarded Fonzie of daytime." (Cindi laughs) "But, I make fun of myself and my friends on the show, who I can get away with. And Vanessa's a good friend of mine, so...."
Cindi: "Right. Umm....wWho's the best kisser?" (she laughs) "Oh, got him there?"
Steve: "Best kisser, wow."
Cindi: "Well, there's Carly. There's Robin, and there's....."
Steve: "Carly's......" (pauses, thinking, smirking) "Sloppier wassn't the word I was looking for....."
Cindi: "More emotional maybe?"
Steve: "Mmmm, well, I mean, it's love with Robin and Jason which is the best. But with Carly, it's just...."
Cindi: "It's more of a lust thing."
Steve: "Yeah, get it over with."
Cindi: "Judy is on the phone. Judy!"
Judy: "Oh my gosh!"
Steve: (taking a drink) "Well hi Judy!"
Cindi: "You're scaring us."
Judy proceeds to go on and on and on and on and on and on about how much she loves Steve, and Jason.......
Cindi: "Just continue to talk. I'm going to say thank you so much Steve."
Steve: "Thank you so much. I appreciate it."
Cindi: "Keep us posted. Say hello to everybody."
Steve: "I will. Come down and see us please."
Cindi: "I will. We'll be right back."
Steve: (to audience) "Thank you guys."
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