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"Kathy Bates has claimed that she is similar to her character on NBC comedy-drama Harry&amp;#039;s Law. The actress told the Los Angeles Times that both she and eccentric lawyer Harriet &amp;#039;Harry&amp;#039; Korn are &amp;quot;disillusioned with... life&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Harry&amp;#039;s a bit of a curmudgeon like me,&amp;quot; she suggested. &amp;quot;She carries a .44 in her purse, and if things aren&amp;#039;t to her liking, she&amp;#039;s quick to pull it out and rectify the situation. I wish I could be more like her!&amp;quot; She insisted that Korn, who forms a law practice in a rundown shoe store, is different to characters in other legal series. &amp;quot;When we first meet Harry, she&amp;#039;s smoking pot and watching cartoons,&amp;quot; explained Bates. &amp;quot;She doesn&amp;#039;t apologise for who she is.&amp;quot; The About Schmidt star added that she had taken on her first regular televison role to &amp;quot;spread my wings in a different way&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve been in this business for a long time now and sometimes I long for a different path,&amp;quot; she admitted. &amp;quot;[But] there aren&amp;#039;t many starring roles on television for women with silver hair.&amp;quot; Harry&amp;#039;s Law premieres on January 17 on NBC. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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