If anyone knows a thing or two about never saying die, it’s Ke Huy Quan. The actor first stole hearts as Short Round in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Data in The Goonies, and then, after decades away from acting, he made the kind of Hollywood comeback that movies are made of with Everything Everywhere All at Once. His unforgettable turn as Waymond Wang earned him an Academy Award, Golden Globe and SAG Award for Best Supporting Actor, and in 2023, Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Since then, he’s popped up in Loki, kicked some serious butt in Love Hurts and lent his voice to Zootopia 2.
Now, Quan is taking us somewhere even more personal: inside his own remarkable story with Never Say Die, his first book, released this month. The memoir traces his journey from a child in a refugee camp to a beloved actor on the Oscars stage, but Quan tells Reader’s Digest that its real heart lies in the decades when Hollywood stopped calling. “Those were the hardest chapters to write because they’re super personal,” he says of the roughly 30 “quiet years” when many people thought he had simply disappeared.
For this episode of The Reader’s Digest Escalator Interview, we caught up with Quan to dive deeper into Never Say Die—and, in true Escalator Interview fashion, we couldn’t resist getting a little nosy along the way. He opened up about what it was like revisiting some of the most difficult chapters of his life, revealed his writing snack of choice and answered the big question he knows you’re wondering about. “[Fans] always want to know what it’s like making Indiana Jones and The Goonies, and what it was like working with Harrison Ford,” Quan says. “If you’re fans of those two movies, you’ll love those chapters.” And when it came time to assemble his dream dinner party? Let’s just say fellow Goonie and longtime friend Jeff Cohen definitely has a seat at the table.
Read on for our exclusive interview with Ke Huy Quan, and shop his recommended reads below!
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