I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but as close as Brooklyn is to Manhattan, there are people who live there who have been to Manhattan maybe once or twice.

I talked to women who lived there, to get their speech patterns and outlook on life - and how narrow that is.

My life had been very work-orientated, and all in close-up. Once I had the family, it went into sudden widescreen.

Their life is about getting enough money to put food on the table to feed their children, and that's it.

The guys that were here, we remember that maybe we came close twice. Once at their place and once here. Besides that, they were no-contests.

I always wanted to play Joan of Arc. I've always wanted to do that. Now I'm thinking, 'Maybe there's a story in Joan of Arc's mother!' If I don't hurry up, her grandmother!