We interviewed music pop stars and brothers Aaron and Nick Carter at
the Kaufman Astoria Studios recently. Afterward. we watched them sing
with some of the muppets. The segment, about sibling rivalry, will
appear next month on "Sesame Street."
Who's your favorite Sesame Street character? What do you prefer, singing or dancing? Aaron, is it true you sang the theme song for the movie "Jimmy
Neutron." Do either of you plan on being in a movie? Nick, did the Backstreet Boys break up or are they just taking time
off? Which Backstreet Boy are you closest to? What kind of music did you listen to while growing up? Do you feel the need to compete with each other in the business? Do you have any obsessive fans? What was your most embarrassing moment onstage? What would you be if you weren't performers? If you formed a new band, who would you choose to be in it? When you're touring, what is your favorite fast food restaurant to stop
at? We've read that both of you enjoy playing basketball. Who wins playing
one-on-one?
Aaron: Elmo
Nick: I like Grover
Nick: Singing
Aaron: Singing, that's cause we can do it better.
Aaron: Yes. Reaching out to a lot of different audiences with
Nickelodeon was pretty cool.
Aaron: I have 2 feature films I'm doing; one for Fox and one for
Dreamworks. I just finished doing the the TV shows "Family Affair" and
"Touched by an Angel."
Nick: I did "American Dreams". I just released my album recently, so
now I'll have more time to do acting.
Nick: We're just taking time off.
Nick: It changes, but at the moment I hang out with Howie a lot.
Nick: We listened to the same stuff, Journey, Bob Seger, Nirvana.
Aaron: And M.C. Hammer. Nick would make me head bang to Nirvana.
Recently I got to sing "Eye of the Tiger" with Survivor.
Nick: No, I never consider us in competition.
Aaron: If anything, we'll help each other.
Aaron: In Germany out buses used to get swarmed with fans, about 7,000
girls knocking on the buses. One time, I got out of the bus and there
was a girl climbing on the back of the bus.
Nick: Once [The Backstreet Boys] had two girl stowaways in the
compartment at the bottom of our bus.
Aaron: I was singing in a mall, and I picked a girl to come up onstage
with me. As I was grabbing her hand, I fell off the stage. It felt like
I was in the air forever, flying like Superman.
Nick: It's so embarrassing to fall onstage. One time in Japan, I tried
to do a back handstand and fall on my back. I looked like a turtle; I
couldn't get up!
Aaron: Nick would be a nerd. I'd be a football or basketball player.
Nick: I'd probably be in the coastguard.
Nick: We've talked about starting a band with our family, like the
Jackson 5 kind of thing.
Nick: Probably Krispy Kreme. I don't eat fast food that much anymore.
Aaron: I love Taco Bell
Aaron: We just finished playing basketball at my house and I beat him!
Nick: You did not! No way!