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15 quotes by Pat Morita

Noriyuki "Pat" Morita (June 28, 1932 – November 24, 2005) was an American film and television actor who was well known for playing the roles of Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days and Kesuke Miyagi in the The Karate Kid movie series, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1984. Morita was the lead actor in the television program Mr. T and Tina, regarded as the first American sitcom centered on a person...
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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... →

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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.

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

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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... →

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

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I still have a young attitude.

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

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

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A lot happens in 20 years.

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

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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... →

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

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

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