Nick Carter...The Decision that Changed His Life!

In the last issue of Super Teen (December 1997), Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter told you all about his childhood, family, and early school days and the beginning of his budding career. Here's the rest of his sizzlin' scoop!

"My siblings loved coming with me [to auditions] and stuff. The little ones were so young then, they didn't really know what was happening. My first commercial was for The Money Store, I was about ten. Then I got called by the Mickey Mouse Club and the Backstreet Boys all at the same time. It just changed my whole life--I was twelve going on thirteen. Of course, I turned the Mickey Mouse Club down for the Backstreet Boys! It was kind of scary: there were meetings and talk about when Backstreet Boys were going to get a record deal...but we did quickly become local sensations! We did malls and worked around in local places. I was the youngest, the next oldest was A.J., next oldest was Brian, next was Howie, and the oldest was Kevin. I was probably closest to Howie, Brian, and A.J. at the time. When we began travelling together and rooming together, I turned out to be the one who liked to sleep the most--and I pulled the most practical jokes! I brought my Super Nintendo with me too, for whatever free time I had. In those days, when I was at home, I went to Universal Studios a lot--I like to ride Jaws!

"I'm actually afraid of sharks for real! I had a dream time, the worst dream in the world: I was on the back of a big cruise ship, and I leaned over the rail. We were in the Bahamas and the water was crystal clear. This lady pulles up on a red jet-ski and we're talking to each other. Suddenly, there's this 26-foot Great White Shark! You could see its shadow underneat her, and I yelled to her. I said, 'Jump!' and 'Watch out!' She jumped and grabbed onto the pole, where I was leaning over, and I tried to pull her up. The shark jumped out of the water and grabbed her and pulled her down under. That's like my worst dream!

"That's the only thing I'm afraid of. Years ago, when I was showing off my bike and broke my right arm, it didn't scare me as much as the thought of sharks--and I did a 360 in the air and landed right on my arm! I'm generally not a scared kind of person. I try to be funny, but I'm not really funny that often--I just keep quiet a lot. I'm interested in girls, but it's hard to find a girl who doesn't just like me for what I do, but for who I am. I don't really test the girls, you can just tell.

"When I was in school, I used to come home with letters--this was when I was really young. It was so funny, my mom kept all these letters that I came home with in my book bag! These girls, I can't remember how young we were, but they would write stuff. They could hardly write their names, but they were writing, 'I love you'!

"It was so funny in a sweet way! I was looking back on it, and they had like hearts all over the paper...

"My family keeps me humble though. I still have to clean my room and put my dishes in the sink and stuff. My room's got a lot of posters in it, my drum set, my bed, a VCR, and a TV. It looks like an old 60's room. I enjoy the times when I can get home and be with my family, but Backstreet Boys are my family now, too--and we want to stay together."

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(Note from Elyse: If anybody by any chance has the Kevin, Howie, A.J., or Brian one of these articles (actually, I think the Brian one can be found on His Life, His Words, I have to ask Krystal), could you PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE WITH A CHERRY ON TOP SEND IT TO ME??? THANX SO MUCH IN ADVANCE AND I WILL DEFINITELY GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR IT!)

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