Kids Q&A with Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey

TV Week: How did you both decide which one of you was going to sing which part of When You Believe?

Whitney: That's why you have a producer who looks at it and says, "You should sing that part". We complement each other very well.

TV Week: What made you want to be part of this project?

Whitney: For me, it was the movie itself. It has always been interesting to me since I'm a church-going gal. Then there was the song itself. I think When You Believe has so much to do with today, it doesn't have to be about back then.

Mariah: The way they're bringing the story to life is incredible. It's a ground-breaking movie. Our involvement in it was something special.

TV Week: What was your reaction when you heard you'd be working together?

Whitney: Jeffrey Katzenberg (DreamWorks head) used trickery. He told Mariah I was doing it and told me she was doing it. We both said yes.

TV Week: Have you become friends?

Whitney: We haven't hung out much since, but we try to. We talk, laugh and do the whole girlfriend thing.

Mariah: We have fun. It's nice to meet someone who knows how crazy this business is.

TV Week: You've both had to deal with the tabloid media. How do you feel about that aspect of the job?

Mariah: You have to let it roll off you, because what are you going to do about it? Hopefully, the music overrides all that.

Whitney: A journalist once told me, "you read it in the paper today and they'll be wrapping fish with it tomorrow".

TV Week: Whitney, you swapper to acting with The Bodyguard. Are you confident with you acting, and Mariah, is this something you would like to do too?

Whitney: For The Bodyguard, I asked Kevin (Costner) for an acting coach. He said it would ruin me. I learned a lot from that experience, like acting classes won't teach you. I'd like to do it again.

Mariah: I did get an acting coach. It helped me in a therapeutic way.

(TV Week in Australia)