Ke Huy Quan Recalls a Generous $100K Temple of Doom Windfall That Changed His Life
Ke Huy Quan recounts in his memoir Never Say Die that, at age 12, he received a nearly $100,000 residual check for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom—a rare post-release windfall that surprised his family and underscored how uncommon residuals were for child actors; the gesture from Steven Spielberg and George Lucas helped change his family's life and further his career, a point he later acknowledged when thanking Spielberg at the Golden Globes.
