Pat Morita

I never was able to do karate. That's calling me a good actor. I act like I can do anything.

It's been a career filled with very low valleys and some wonderful, high peaks.

I'm in semi-retirement, but what am I going to retire to? I don't ride horses, I don't golf anymore. I shoot a game of pool every now and then.

You may have heard that back in the States there are some people who are smoking grass. I don't know how you feel, but it's sure easier than cutting the stuff.

I went from being an ailing child to a public enemy.

The idea of a Japanese comedian was not only a rarity, it was non-existent.

I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I was a little uncomfortable.

I don't know of any other creature on earth other than man that will sit in a corner and cry because of some painful experience in the past.

Only in America could you get away with the kind of comedy I did.

Hip Nip just sounds groovy. A drummer laid it on me.

I didn't have a childhood.

I began in an era where four-letter words were not allowed.