he and brendan gleeson star in a funny new movie called "the guard."ity. i recently heard about this ante up -- >> yeah, ante up for africa. it was a thing that i started it with annie duke. you know, world class poker -- >> jimmy: yeah, i know annie duke. >> -- and norman epstein, and the three of us just put together what we have a love for, you know, playing poker. and, you know, doing this thing with the celebrities, and we've been able to raise about $4 million over the last three years for interesting -- [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's amazing. you're really good at poker? >> i have fun. >> jimmy: you have fun. all right, all right. well, i was wondering if you wanted to play, like a liars poker? >> are you crazy? yeah, let's go. please. >> jimmy: 10 singles. >> oh. >> jimmy: i have 10 singles. okay. what we'll do is, we'll just pull out one card at a time and stick it to our foreheads. >> okay. >> jimmy: and then we'll -- then we'll -- then we'll bet. >> we'll bet. >> jimmy: are you ready? >> yeah, i'm ready. >> jimmy: you want to cut?

brendan gleeson plays an irish cop who is very unconventional. it was a fish out of water story for me. and it fell like outer space. tavis: >> you are really stretching the metaphor now. >> my character does not know they speak gaelic. it is a whole different world. tavis: you also produce the film. >> we tried to help get the thing made. it is a small film. often when you have movies like this you have to do whatever you can to champion it to get it going. tavis: of talk more about the producing in just a second. one looks at your career to directory -- trajectory. the have not all been blockbusters. you have put your name and heart behind a lot of small projects. why and how did you choose to make those decisions? >> it is usually just whatever hits me. when i read a script and i am laughing from the first page and i cannot anticipate what is going to happen next, i am a long for the ride. i feel like an audience member. hopefully an audience will have a similar experience. then i have to go down the other checklist of where, when, how long, w