Howie: A little bit is choreographed, but actually, this is going to be more of a free-for-all video. We have girls in an auditioning-like video, it looks like a casting video, and there's morphing where the girls are auditioning to be in something and then all of a sudden the roles revers.

ALL-STARS: What does this album mean to you?

AJ: Patience, time, heart-to-heart feelings and persistence. We took our time with it, the songs are good, the producers were great to work with. To work with the other four guys is a dream come true. They're very talented young performers, actors, singers, dancers, everything. It's a dream come true and I think this is the greatest thing and the album is, in my eyes, hopefully a number one hit.

ALL-STARS: Is there anything on the album that might surprise people?

AJ: I think the versatility of the album. The fact that going from one song, which is a dance song, to one song that is a ballad to another song, to one song that's a mid-tempo R&B type of song... we cover every ground of every age group of every race. We want everyone to love our music. That's what Backstreet Boys is all about - family, fun and stuff like that.

ALL-STARS: Are you more nervous or excited about your music coming out in the States?

Brian: Both. I'm very excited. I'm very happy yet I'm very nervous because you never know what the future holds and we've worked so very hard all over the world, to come back here. Who knows?!

ALL-STARS: How are you different off-stage than you are on?

Howie: We're still normal, everyday people. We go shopping, we have chores to do at home still.

ALL-STARS: Tell us about the cartoons you guys draw.

AJ: As a matter of fact, Nick could tell you more about that, because Nick is the comic book character drawer. He actually has a whole Backstreet Boys comic book character drawer. He actually has a whole Backstreet Boys comic book doe and ready. He just wants to find the time to do it. He wants to do a movie. I draw more like the Disney looking type characters. Nick draws super hero Backstreet Boys characters.

ALL-STARS: So, Nick, will there eventually be a Backstreet Boys comic book on the stands?

Nick: Maybe! The thing is, the storyline is not corny. If you come up with a group and try to make a comic out of them, it's got to be good. If not, it's going to be corny.

ALL-STARS: Do the other guys have any input into this?

Nick: Oh, yes.

Howie: He doesn't let us give any input!

ALL-STARS: Do you guys have girl-friends?

Nick: It doesn't work that well. If you think about it, in out situation, if we were just here in the States maybe it would work, but man, we are everywhere, we're gone for months at a time.

Howie: But we definitely like girls!

ALL-STARS: What would your dream date be?

AJ: It would be with someone who has a really catchy personality, who's very spontaneous and doesn't care where we go. We can go to McDonald's and she'd still have a good time. I'd love to have a little sand fight on the beach, throw water on each other. I'd serenade her, buy her ice cream.

ALL-STARS: Who's the most girl crazy of all the BSB?

Kevin: AJ is a big flirt!

AJ: Me! [laughs] I'm not going to lie to you!

ALL-STARS: What makes BSB so special?

AJ: Being real. That's what makes us special - being real. We have nothing to hide.

ALL-STARS: When you're making a video, does being in front of the camera make you want to get into acting?

Kevin: We're all very big hams, we all like attention. We like being on the stage, and when you get in front of the camera, it's almost like being on a stage. And Nick, Howie, AJ and myself, we've all done a little bit of theater work and so, for me, I'd definitely like to get in front of the camera for television or film.

ALL-STARS: What type of role would you want to play?

Nick: Probably my ideal role would be an action movie. I would love to do an action movie. I would love to do an action movie. Something like Mortal Kombat or a war movie where you're running through the jungle. It's got to be action! I would also like to direct a movie, produce and direct.

Howie: My favourite actor is Tom Hanks. I really like how sometimes he switches from being a comic actor, a comedian, to being more serious.

ALL-STARS: Do you like the way you look on camera?

Howie: Nick loves the way he looks on camera!

Nick: Howie does too!

ALL-STARS: Who's the most ambitious of you five?

Kevin: We are all ambitious. I'm a real perfectionist. I want things to be done right. I'm a perfectionist. [laughs]

ALL-STARS: Do you have a group ritual that you do before you go on stage?

Brian: We have a group prayer - we all join hands and have a prayer. It's more or less a focusing point, with us saying, mentally, what we have a go out there and accomplish, what we have to do. We pray for safety, that no one in the audience gets hurt or falls because when you're dealing with a lot of people, sometimes it gets out of hand.

ALL-STARS: Is it weird for you to think you inspire that kind of craziness in fans?

Brian: I can be onstage in front of thousands of people and there's a point in the show where it doesn't matter how loud the audience is, you can hear a pin drop onstage because you're in such a world, you're so focused on what's goin on around you. If you just glance out into the audience, it's just so fulfilling seeing all those people.

All-STARS: How do you like to spend a day that you have all to yourself?

Kevin: Lay on the couch and flip channels, go see a movie, go to the beach, go surfing or water skiing. Maybe play some basketball.

All-STARS: What do you think when you see yourself?

Kevin: Usually I think, oh, that's a terrible picture of me! [laughs] The first time I saw myself, I was like, oh, cool, that's a terrible picture but cool!

ALL-STARS: Do any of you work out?

Howie: Sometimes, out on the road, it's hard to work out because they don't have a good gym at the hotel, but I always do my push-ups and crunches everyday.

ALL-STARS: Do all the guys work out?

Howie: Some of the guys do less of it. Like this skinny one! [He points to AJ, joking around] It's just, every once in a while onstage you open your shirt, and it looks bad when there's a little chuggle of fat on the side!

ALL-STARS: Has singing always been a dream for you?

Nick: I think everyone has a dream they want to fulfill in life, and I think this is our dream. We wanted to make it happen and that's what we did. And we enjoy every moment of it, and we take every day like it's our last!