We can't imagine Janice Soprano doing windows, but Aida Turturro, the actress who plays her on HBO's "The Sopranos," isn't afraid to get her hands a little dirty.

Turturro was in town yesterday to help schoolchildren wash windows as a fund-raiser for the non-profit group SHINE (Seeking Harmony in Neighborhoods Everyday).

Between assignments, she took a few minutes to talk about Janice, whose life hasn't always been so harmonious.

Though Tony Soprano's sister this season has revealed a few new kinks - in addition to the ones fans already knew about - Turturro said she tries not to focus on "vulgarity."

"Recently she's been a little risque, but that's just one of her qualities," she said.

Not everything she's asked to do on the show comes naturally, she admitted.

"I wasn't too happy a couple of years ago when we had the gun in the sex scene," she said. "But they [the writers] had their reasons, and it was basically a foreshadowing" of things to come.

So what's up with Janice and newly widowed Bobby "Bacala" Baccilieri (Steven R. Schirripa)?

"I think Janice is trying to settle down. At least I hope so. She's getting a little older, and I think she just wants a comforting household," she said.

And what does she say to those who complain that "The Sopranos" this season isn't quite as bloody as they expected?

"If there's too much violence, they complain about too much violence, and if there's not, they complain about that, too," she said. "The season's not over yet."