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>>> WHAT MAKES A TRUE GENTLEMAN
IS SOMEONE -- A PARENT WHO IS
WILLING TO TEACH THEIR SON THAT
IT'S GREAT TO BE TOUGH BUT
PERHAPS EVEN BETTER TO BE
TENDER.
>> POLISHED SHOES AND
PUNCTUALITY.
AND THOSE ARE FAIRLY IMPORTANT.
SO IF YOU LOOK TODAY, MY
SHOES --
>> FINE SHINE.
>> THERE'S A FINE SHINE.
THEY ARE POLISHED EVERY DAY BY
MYSELF IN A FETISHISTIC MANNER.
>> MEN ROUTINELY OPEN DOORS FOR
WOMEN.
EVERY TIME WE'D STAND AT A TABLE
UNTIL THE WOMAN WAS SEATED.
>> BEING A GENTLEMAN IS A WAY OF
LIFE.
AND IT'S A WAY OF CARRYING
YOURSELF.
>> A GENTLEMAN CARES ABOUT THE
WORLD AROUND HIM AND THE PEOPLE
AROUND HIM MORE THAN HE CARES
ABOUT HIMSELF.
>> CONFIDENT.
SELF-ASSURED.
SOMEWHAT AGGRESSIVE WITHOUT
BEING VIOLENT.
AT THE SAME TIME, OPEN THE DOOR
FOR ME.
>> WHEN IT'S PRECIPITATING, I
EXPECT TO LOSE MY JACKET AS
PUDDLE COVERING FOR A WOMAN.
ON DAYS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION,
I WILL CARRY A TARPOLAN TO COVER
OPEN FIELDS OF WATER.
ANYWHERE THERE ARE WOMEN GOING
TO BE WALKING.
>> ROBERT DUVALL COMES TO MIND.
THAT'S MY IMAGE.
>> GOOD CHOICE.
>> HE WOULD DEFINITELY PULL YOUR
CHAIR OUT FOR YOU, OPEN THE DOOR
FOR YOU.
HE WOULD ALSO, IF NECESSARY,
KICK SOMEONE'S ***, RIGHT?
>> I THINK WE HE WOULD.
>> I THINK HE WOULD, TOO.
>> HOLD ON.
DID MATT LAUER REALLY SAY TENDER
YET TOUGH?
THAT'S LIKE FROM A FATHER BIFF
REFERENCE FROM DAVID LETTERMAN A
DECADE AGO.
>> IT WAS A MUCH LONGER ANSWER.
WE PLAYED A LONGER VERSION OF IT
LAST NIGHT.
THOSE WERE SOME OF THE ANSWERS
WE GOT WHEN WE WENT AROUND 30
ROCK ASKING, WHAT MAKES A
GENTLEMAN.
"GQ" MAGAZINE WANTED TO FIND A
MAN THAT STRIVED BETTER.
JOINING US, JAKE WOOD, ALSO WITH
US "GQ'S" HEAD MAN.
>> THANKS.
>> THAT'S OVER THE TOP.
>> JAKE, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
PRESENTING YOU WITH THE AWARD
LAST NIGHT.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR STORY.
EX-MARINE.
SERVED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.
>> YEP.
>> NOW LEADING A GROUP CALLED
TEEN RUBICON.
TELL THE VIEW BERS IT.
>> IT'S AN ORGANIZATION WE
STARTED AFTER HAITI AND
ESSENTIALLY WE'RE TRYING TO
BRING VETERANS HOME FROM IRAQ
AND AFGHANISTAN AND GIVE THEM A
NEW MISSION IN LIFE.
AND FOR US, FOR TEAM RUBICON
THAT MISSION IS CONTINUED
SERVICE IN DISASTER ZONES.
SO USING ALL THE SKILLS THEY
LEARNED IN THE MILITARY, ALL THE
EXPERIENCES THEY HAD OVERSEAS
AND APPLYING THEM TO SAVE LIVES
AND HELP PEOPLE, YOU KNOW IN
THEIR WORST TIMES.
>> I LOVE THE STORY THAT KICKED
THIS OFF.
YOU WERE SITTING AT HOME
WATCHING THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE
AND YOU DID AND SAID WHAT?
>> IT'S KIND OF IRONIC.
I WAS PROBABLY SITTING AROUND IN
MY UNDERWEAR WATCHING MSNBC WHEN
THE NEWS OF THE EARTHQUAKE CAME
ACROSS THE TELEVISION SCREEN.
AND I HAD JUST RECENTLY
TRANSITIONED OUT OF THE MARINE
CORPS AND KNEW THAT I HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
DOWN THERE AND RALLIED A GROUP
OF GUYS TO GO DOWN THERE WITH ME
AND THAT'S REALLY HOW IT ALL
STARTED.
IT WAS MORE OR LESS AN ACCIDENT.
>> WHAT DID YOU SEE DOWN THERE?
>> IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
WE GOT TO PORT-au-PRINCE ABOUT
3 1/2 DAYS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE.
AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
WE WERE GETTING INTO REFUGEE
CAMPS AND PARTS OF THE CITY THAT
AID HAD NOT TOUCHED YET AND
PEOPLE THAT WERE JUST LITERALLY
DYING IN THE STREETS.
EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT WE WENT
OUT INTO THESE CAMPS WE WERE
QUITE OFTEN THE FIRST MEDICAL
RESPONDERS THEY'D SEEN AT THAT
POINT.
>> CHRIS, WE WERE IN A ROOM
TRYING TO DECIDE WHO THE WINNER
WOULD BE, AND IT WAS TOUGH.
THERE WERE A LOT OF APPLES AND
ORANGES.
YOU HAD LEADERS IN EDUCATION.
YOU HAD GUYS LIKE JAKE.
WHAT WAS THE DECISION LIKE FOR
YOU AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE GROUP
OF GUYS TO CHOOSE FROM.
>> IT WAS SUCH A GREAT GROUP OF
DIVERSE GENTLEMEN DOING GREAT
THINGS.
YOU HAD EDUCATION, DISASTER
RELIEF, YOU HAD PEOPLE WHO WERE
DOING GREAT WORK IN AFRICA.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS YOU'D
AGREE, JAKE JUST STOOD A LITTLE
TALLER THAN THE REST, LITERALLY
AS WELL.
>> IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT,
THOUGH.
CAN YOU JUST LAY OUT WHAT
EXACTLY YOU GUYS WERE LOOKING
FOR, WHY YOU DID THIS?
>> WE OPENED THIS APPLICATION
PROCESS TO GUYS WHO WERE DOING
GOOD WORK.
WE HAVE EDUCATION, CONSERVATION
AND WE HAVE DISASTER RELIEF.
AND I THINK WHEN WE LOOK FOR
WHAT'S A GUY WHO IS GOING TO BE
A BETTER MAN, BETTER WORLD,
WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE KIND OF
SELFLESSNESS WE SAW IN JAKE.
THAT'S GOING TO TOUCH OTHER
PEOPLE AND MAKE THE WORLD A
BETTER PLACE BY USING WHAT THEY
HAVE AND WHAT THEY BRING TO THE
TABLE.
IT TAKES A GREAT EXAMPLE.
>> SO THE DEFINITION OF
GENTLEMAN CHANGES THROUGH THE --
THROUGH THE DECADES, THROUGH THE
YEARS.
WHAT IS A GENTLEMAN TODAY IN
2011 IN A TIME OF AUSTERITY AND
A TIME OF SUFFERING.
WHAT IS A GENTLEMAN?
>> THE WAY OUR MAGAZINE WOULD
DEFINE IT IS SOMEONE WHO HAS A
SENSE OF CONFIDENCE, A SENSE OF
PURPOSE BOTH.
SO YOU CAN LOOK GOOD AND YOU CAN
ALSO WANT TO BE SMART.
I THINK THAT'S A BIDING
PRINCIPLE OF THE MAGAZINE.
>> NOW IF YOU CAN'T LOOK GOOD,
LIKE ME, CAN YOU STILL DO THINGS
FOR THE WORLD?
POSITIVE FOR THE WORLD?
>> TO A POINT.
JOE, WE'LL --
>> I'M LOOKING AT HIS HAIR.
IT'S JUST NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
IT'S WORKING.
IT LOOKS GOOD.
>> YOU LOOK FINE.
YOU'RE OKAY.
>> BUT HAS THE DEFINITION --
>> THIS IS CLASSIC GQ.
>> NO SOCKS, NO --
>> YEAH, NO SOCKS.
THE JEANS.
LOOKING GOOD.
AND THE HORN RIMMED GLASSES.
VERY GOOD.
>> THE CALCULATED AGE WATCH
BAND.
HOW HAS THE DEFINITION OF
GENTLEMAN CHANGED THROUGH THE
YEARS?
>> I THINK THERE'S AN EVOLVING
YARD STICK ON WHAT WE EXPECT OUT
OF MEN.
AND I THINK EVEN AS YOU SAID,
ROBERT DUVALL IS A VERY
DIFFERENT CHARACTER THAN SOME OF
THE MEN WE HOLD UP TODAY.
YET THERE'S A TIMELESSNESS TO
IT.
ROBERT DUVALL CAN BE THIS ICONIC
GENTLEMAN.
WE LOOK AT OUR MAN OF THE YEAR
WHICH WILL BE THE DECEMBER
ISSUE.
WE LOOK AT LOTS OF DIFFERENT
GUYS AND DIFFERENT GENERATIONS
AND DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE.
YET THEY'RE ALL GENTLEMEN.
>> AND IT'S ABOUT GIVING BACK.
WILL, A DECADE AGO WHEN WE
LOOKED -- I REMEMBER WHEN WE
WENT TO THE MOVIE "NIGHT AT THE
ROXSBURY."
>> THAT'S GOING TO COME BACK.
WE KEEP DOING IT.
>> WE'RE GOING TO STAY RIGHT
WHERE WE ARE.
>> THEY'LL COME BACK TO US.
TEAM RUBICON, RIGHT NOW YOU SAID
LAST NIGHT ON STAGE IN TURKEY.
YOU WERE IN JOPLIN, MISSOURI.
IT SEEMS LIKE WHEREVER DISASTER
BREAKS OUT YOU FIND IT.
>> WE'RE ON STANDBY FOR WHATEVER
THE WORLD THROWS OUR WAY.
WE HAVE A WHOLE HOST OF VETERANS
WAITING FOR A NEW MISSION AND