“Honestly, I didn’t feel like I deserved it”

People often call the salaries paid to actors and athletes “crazy,” but rarely are those people the the actors and athletes themselves. In a way, Meche seems remarkably old-fashioned for refusing something he believes he hasn’t earned. Increasingly, the world feels like a place where people expect huge rewards for small efforts—Kim Kardashian, for instance, is paid thousands for simply tweeting that she likes a certain product, and some reality stars are paid exorbitant fees in return for appearing at nightclubs.