Echo and Ke Huy met in 2004 on the set of 2046, a film by Wong Kar-wai, which served as a sequel to his critically acclaimed romantic film In The Mood For Love. Echo had worked with Wong Kar-wai before, and Ke Huy worked as an assistant director for 2046.

Personal life. Quan is of Han Chinese ancestry from the Hoa ethnic minority group of Vietnam. He is fluent in English, Vietnamese, Cantonese, and Mandarin. Quan is married to Echo Quan, who served as the on-set translator for Everything Everywhere All at Once, and resides in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

Quan made a major return to the silver screen in Everything Everywhere All at Once, which netted seven Oscars, including best film. The star, whose mother was born and brought up in Hong Kong, also spoke about his roots in the city and how he first arrived on a boat from Vietnam in 1978 and stayed in a refugee camp.

Afterwards, Shorty found a more stable life at an American boarding school though he still paired up with Indiana Jones for the occasional adventure and maintained correspondence with his friend until at least the 1950s, having taken up the hunt for the elusive diamond himself.