Pat Morita

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

— Pat Morita

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

— Pat Morita

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

— Pat Morita

Look eye! Always look eye!

— Pat Morita

I didn't have a childhood.

— Pat Morita

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

— Pat Morita

I still have a young attitude.

— Pat Morita

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

— Pat Morita

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

— Pat Morita

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

— Pat Morita

You may have heard that back in the States there are some people who are smoking grass. I don't know how you…

— Pat Morita

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…

— Pat Morita

A lot happens in 20 years.

— Pat Morita

I don't know of any other creature on earth other than man that will sit in a corner and cry because of…

— Pat Morita

I've been working on my autobiography, just pecking away in longhand. The more you write, the more you remember. The more you…

— Pat Morita

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

— Pat Morita

The Japanese couldn't have been all bad during World War II. Look at all the movies Hollywood was able to make on…

— Pat Morita

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

— Pat Morita

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

— Pat Morita

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

— Pat Morita

Whole life have balance. Everything be better. Understand?

— Pat Morita