Boyle Embraces Bad Girl Image

Tuesday, January 9th 2001, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

NEW YORK (AP) â€” Lara Flynn Boyle embraces her bad girl image but says she had nothing to do with the breakup of Harrison Ford's 17-year marriage to screenwriter Melissa Mathison.

Tabloids linked Boyle, co-star of ABC's legal drama ``The Practice,'' with Ford after photographers took pictures of the two chatting at a party late last year.

``You know, I'm really sorry about all that,'' the actress says in the February issue of Vanity Fair magazine.

``That was so blown out of proportion. I sat down in a booth with Harrison Ford at a party and talked to him for five minutes,'' she says, then adds with a smile, ``Well, maybe six.''

The 30-year-old actress also laughs at those who suggest she has dated Jack Nicholson, 63, because she's looking for a father figure.

``Oh, please,'' Boyle says. ``The whole country has a love affair with Jack. Why can't I?''