Never Say Die - A Memoir
By Ke Huy Quan
First published 2026
In this stunning and compulsively readable memoir, the Oscar-winning star of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Goonies, and Everything Everywhere All at Once, Ke Huy Quan, tells the story of his journey from Vietnamese refugee to 80s child star to the most inspiring comeback in Hollywood history. Ke Huy Quan's Hollywood adventure began when he was twelve years old, a mere five years after his family escaped Communist Northern Vietnam and settled down to a relatively peaceful life in LA's Chinatown. After attending an open call audition on a whim, he was unexpectedly swept up in the wild world of filmmaking: learning to swim from Harrison Ford on the set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, receiving trucks full of toys from Steven Spielberg and George Lucas for his birthday, meeting Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker, and making lifelong friends on the set of The Goonies. A star of two of the biggest hit movies of the 80s, it seemed like there were no limits to Ke's rise. But just a few years later, the roles had dried up and it seemed like Hollywood no longer had a place for him.
- Published
- 15 Sep 2026
- Pages
- 304
- Publisher
- Orion
- Elsewhere
- Open Library
- History
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