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

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

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• A lot happens in 20 years.

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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 didn’t have a childhood.

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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 little uncomfortable.

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• 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!

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

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

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

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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 cutting the stuff.

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Pat Morita (11)

Birth:	28th June, 1932
Death:	24th November, 2005
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor

About

Noriyuki Morita was an American actor of Japanese descent who was well known for playing the roles of Matsuo "Arnold" Takahashi on Happy Days and Mr. Miyagi in the The Karate Kid movie series, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actor in 1984.

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