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 game of pool every now and then.

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'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!

I'm quite content to spend my life helping young people find themselves. I've had my fill of politics.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.