With his roles in "Indiana Jones" and "The Goonies," actor Ke Huy Quan was one of the most recognizable child stars of the '80s. And he had big dreams about what he wanted to do next.

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HUANG: Shannon delved more into his childhood on Wild Card, where guests answer big questions about their lives drawn from a deck of cards. Here's host Rachel Martin. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR ...

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"If I had any other life, I couldn't have played Shelly as I did," she says. "I had this amazing, wild, messy life and that gave me a lot to pull from when I was playing this character.