That kind of inner peace is worth more than a home run or any of the usual corny sports movie clichés…

"Yeah, there are victories that are splashed across the headlines – being carried off on the shoulders of your teammates – but there’s also such a thing as the quiet victory, the personal victory that only you and you alone experience. And that’s enough."

Did the lessons of Moneyball make you question the system in Hollywood at all, that the studios have so much power?

"You know, it’s a cyclical business. I think there are great things happening right now. I think the invention of the digital camera has opened up new avenues for people who didn’t have opportunities before. For me, it just makes me question my own beliefs. I look for my own bias, and I’m going to leave it at that."

Come on, you have to expand a little bit!

"Well, again it comes down to value – if I’m going to invest time into something, what can I bring to it? For me, on the producer’s end, it’s just been more about getting stories out that may have a difficult time seeing the light of day."