Pat Morita quotes:

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.

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

The Japanese couldn't have been all bad during World War II. Look at all the movies Hollywood was able to make on account of them. The Indians weren't the only bad guys. Thanks to the Japanese and Geronimo, John Wayne became a millionaire.

Thanks to the Japanese and Geronimo, John Wayne became a millionaire.

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.

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

Look eye! Always look eye!

Whole life have balance. Everything be better. Understand?

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.

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

Canvas. J.C. Penney. $3.98. You like?

I've been working on my autobiography, just pecking away in longhand. The more you write, the more you remember. The more you remember, the more detail you recall. It's not all pleasant!

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

I didn't have a childhood.

I still have a young attitude.

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

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

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

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

A lot happens in 20 years.

My fame is largely due to young people, theyre the first ones to discover me,

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.