. >> derek jeter. >> derek jeter. star jones.on't make a face on derek jeter. >> that face. >> i will be the one. you may not -- >> that's as good as you can get. >> oh, my god. >> i will be honest with you, i think he deserves to be in the running and i'm a guy. >> first of all, anything a yankee does you mentioned derek jeter, we have a problem. >> mine is a european you never heard of and you will not know his name. >> you can't do that. somebody you never heard of. >> i don't think there's anybody so sexy. >> can a man speak? >> they will pick someone who -- a 20 something-year-old. >> you think it's a popularity contest? >> yeah. reall really. >> you won't get a word in here. >> this is very sort of expected, it's still george clooney. >> i was going to say that. >> george clooney is sexy and part of that is because he's unobtainable. no matter how many women he sleeps with, they won't change his mind. >> he's also smart. >> he's smart, he's kind. he's nice, he knows who he is. he's sexy and he does -- derek jeter. >> you go

a commercial where -- reel where he had all these athletes and they were in masks and nike with derek jeter and all these other guys. and that was like preparation for him to do this. you see. with the masks. and everything. and i knew when i read the material, after looking at his reel, he would be able to sort of transcend what was on the page to the screen. and a very classy way. tavis: you aren't going to deny that you do like playing heavy guys. like playing the heavy. >> you know what? nor some reason, usually if you read a screenplay no matter who's writing it, the bad guy written is always a one dimensional bad guy. i always say to the director, and went through this on other projects, wait a minute. he can't be bad all the time. i've met some gangsters in my day, can i get you this? can you do that? and really polite. and then it's like yeah, we're going to cut him up later. so i want to add those elements. it was nice about this director who is very clever is he said well, before you go over there and cut his off, stop over there and pick up the apple and sort of maybe you're goin

tarsem, the director, he had done this nike commercial with all these masks, derek jeter and all these other football players and the masks that he was using to experiment for this thing. i saw his other commercials. this guy can really shoot, i knows about the lighting and the technical stuff. the i'm going to do this genre, i would like somebody who is going to keep the integrity to it and do something different. >> talking of different and integrity. >> yeah. >> your next movie project is fascinating. you'll be playing gareth thomas, a welsh rugby player who came out as gay. in fact, the first really famous player in any sport in the world who was still playing who came out. for him to do what he did, was an astonishing act of courage. because it could have gone any way. as it turned out, he got involved in huge support, but it wasn't easy for him. >> that's what attracted me to it. i was in london in a pub and somehow i ended up arm wrestling with these rugby players. they played the the giant and they gave me a magazine article about their football team and in was an article about

tarsem, the director, he had done this nike commercials with all these masks, with derek jeter and allayers, and he used masks think he was using to experiment for this thing. i saw his other commercials. i thought this guy can really shoot. he knows all about the lighting, the technical stuff. i said if i'm going to do the genre i would like to do it with somebody who's going to keep the integrity to it and who's going to do something different. >> well, talking of different and integrity. >> yeah. >> your next movie project is fascinating. "a beautiful game." you'll be playing gareth thomas, a welsh rugby player who came out as gay. and was in fact the first really famous player in any sport in the world who was still playing who came out. and for him to do what he did was an astonishing act of courage. because it could have gone any way. as it turned out, he got enveloped in huge support. but it wasn't easy for him. >> no. that's what attracted me to gareth. i was in london, and i was in a pub, and somehow i ended up arm-wrestling with these rugby players. we became friends. they pl

. >> derek jeter's greatest accomplishment? >> minka. >> translate the following phrases.outta here. >> quit being such a jerk. >> get outta here. >> kindly leave the premises. >> get outta here! >> welcome back to "morning joe." steve rattner, harold ford jr., still with us. joining the table, oh, dr. sachs, as well. we have new york city mayor michael bloomberg with us today. >> good morning. >> you had an interesting speech. >> he's making trouble again. >> i don't think so. >> what are you doing? >> i would say one part of your speech, if i'm correct, you call for an end to the bush tax cuts. >> that's the part of the speech you focus on. >> but he also talked about cutting. >> yeah, both. it's a joke unless you do both, you'll never get us out of this problem. and the biggest problem is uncertainty. if the community, the business community, individuals who have to make decisions to buy a new house or take a vacation. if they don't have confidence that our government is going to carry us through tough times, then they're not going to make investments, they're not going