Candid Camera

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This summer you're shooting a movie about Brad Gluckman. What can you tell us about it?
Brad's a really rich kid from Malibu, but he ends up having to go to the streets where he gets a lesson about what's really going on in the ghetto. We're just starting casting, but we want Don Cheadle to play a campaign manager. If he reads this, Don, please do it, please do it!

A white rapper story? Is Eminem going to be dragging you to court?
The only thing they have in common is that they're white. Eminem is a real rapper, and really from the streets, but Brad's just a wannabe. It could be more Robbie Van Winkle [Vanilla Ice], but I have to say I met him, and he's a really nice guy.

Now that the show has been on the air, does it make it harder for you to effectively disguise yourself?
I'm kind of a B celebrity, but yeah, I'm definitely getting more recognized now than ever before. But this weekend one guy thought I was in the band P.O.D. You've got to be Tom Cruise to be truly recognizable. Even if I'm only wearing a small disguise, it's more about the attitude. People don't expect me to be a mechanic in their garage.

Has anyone ever blown a skit because they figured it out?
One time a lady said, ''Is this some kind of weird camera show?'' And I quickly kicked her out of the room so no one else would catch on. Another time a guy said, hey, I really liked you in ''Scream 2.'' I tried to tell him I wasn't in ''Scream 2,'' but it didn't work. So when he asked why I was working as an accountant, I just said my residuals went bad. He believed me, but we couldn't keep going with the skit because he kept talking about me.

Have you ever been shocked by someone's behavior on the show?
When I played a judge once, I asked the two people to turn to each other and have a 30-second scream off. Because I was under the guise of being a judge, they didn't question it. My family is that way. Eventually I want to put them all on the show. I'd start with my dad, because he's the most gullible, but my mom's that way, too. She can read a cookbook, and if the recipe says something ridiculous like nine sticks of butter, she just shrugs and says it has to be right.

What's up for next season?
I'm going to do a fake acting class, and I'm going to do something with Master P. Hopefully we're also going to play a joke with Rosie O'Donnell if she can fit it in her schedule. But eventually I'd like to tail people after the prank. Imagine if we didn't let them know they're in a joke and let them go about their day. Then I would come in as another character and add to the effect. I've done this on the telephone with people. I called a friend of mine pretending to be her downstairs neighbor complaining about the noise. When she said ''I don't care, call the police,'' I called back a half-hour later pretending to be the police. Then I listened in when she called a mutual friend of ours. Her version of what happened was completely different from mine. I'm just fascinated by human behavior.