Pat Morita
Pat Morita
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita was an American film and television actor who was well known for playing the roles of Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days and Mr. Kesuke Miyagi in the The Karate Kid movie series, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1985. He's also known for portraying the Emperor of China in the Disney animated film Mulan and Ah Chew in Sanford and Son...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth28 June 1932
CityIsleton, CA
CountryJapan
It's been a career filled with very low valleys and some wonderful, high peaks.
It was interesting to watch the film with them, and for the first time I was relating to the Miyagi character, as the mentor, as the one trying to guide the misguided youth,
I had to find things to laugh at.
The idea of a Japanese comedian was not only a rarity, it was non-existent.
My fame is largely due to young people, theyre the first ones to discover me,
I went from being an ailing child to a public enemy,
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'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.
Whole life have balance. Everything be better. Understand?
Hip Nip just sounds groovy. A drummer laid it on me.
Canvas. J.C. Penney. $3.98. You like?
I still have a young attitude.
A lot happens in 20 years.