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Updated 18.00 Wed Nov 05 2008
DiCaprio talks of Obama excitement
Leonardo DiCaprio has said Barack Obama's US presidential victory made him proud to be American.
The actor was in Rome promoting his new film Body of Lies along with British director Ridley Scott.
He was one of a host of Holywood stars who backed Mr Obama in the race for the White House.
He said: "I'm incredibly tired from staying up all night and watching the election. I've gotten very, very little sleep."
"But I feel a current running through my body of excitement for this new administration and our new president Obama."
"I couldn't be more proud of my country right now, proud to be an American, and I think the entire world was looking for a transition like this."
By Independent Television News Limited 2008.
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Leo says:
"I couldn't be more proud of my country right now, proud to be an American, and I think the entire world was looking for a transition like this," he told reporters.
"I feel like a great weight has been lifted off of our country's shoulders. [Mr Obama] promised change and all we can do as a country right now is support him."
He continued: "I stayed up all night to listen to his victory speech which was prophetic and beautiful. He encompassed 100 years of strife in our country which resulted in the first African-American president which is a beautiful symbol for our country."
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