"I'm a big toy collector. I've been slowing down because my money's been tight, but I collect toys, too"
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There is something disarmingly human about an actor admitting he is "a big toy collector" and then immediately undercutting the flex with, "I've been slowing down because my money's been tight". Mewes frames collecting less as a quirky brag and more as a habit with consequences, the way regular life taps you on the shoulder even when your identity is built on fandom and indulgence. That quick pivot from enthusiasm to constraint is the point: it makes the speaker legible, not aspirational.
The line also carries a quiet cultural tell about nostalgia economies. Toy collecting often gets marketed as curated adulthood - limited editions, glass cases, investment logic. Mewes doesn't sanitize it. "Toys" stays blunt, almost childlike, and "money's been tight" drags the hobby back into the realities of rent, debt, and uneven paychecks. The collector isn't an affluent connoisseur; he's a working guy trying to keep a small pleasure alive.
There's also performance in the self-deprecation. Mewes's public persona has long leaned on the charm of the lovable screwup, and this quote plays in that register: confessing a vice, acknowledging limits, inviting the audience to laugh with him rather than at him. The final "but I collect toys, too" reads like an endearing redundancy, as if he's insisting on permission to like what he likes. It's a small declaration of identity that refuses to be upgraded into something cooler.
The line also carries a quiet cultural tell about nostalgia economies. Toy collecting often gets marketed as curated adulthood - limited editions, glass cases, investment logic. Mewes doesn't sanitize it. "Toys" stays blunt, almost childlike, and "money's been tight" drags the hobby back into the realities of rent, debt, and uneven paychecks. The collector isn't an affluent connoisseur; he's a working guy trying to keep a small pleasure alive.
There's also performance in the self-deprecation. Mewes's public persona has long leaned on the charm of the lovable screwup, and this quote plays in that register: confessing a vice, acknowledging limits, inviting the audience to laugh with him rather than at him. The final "but I collect toys, too" reads like an endearing redundancy, as if he's insisting on permission to like what he likes. It's a small declaration of identity that refuses to be upgraded into something cooler.
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| Topic | Money |
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