So I was on the set of Moneyball yesterday. Amid hundreds of screaming Brad Pitt fans, I seemed to be the lone person who was really excited to be in the presense of Director Bennett Miller (Capote) and a whole host of other awesome people running crew.

I was sitting in the area directly behind the scene for the day (as one of the home plate fans). Pretty neat as we were right behind the plate in an exciting way! Before even getting on set, I made sure to look up who would possibly be there (from main cast to main crew). The cast that day included Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill and Philip Seymour Hoffman (le sigh) and a few other stars I didn’t recognize off the top of my head. Image courtesy of Buzz Sugar.

Here’s some of the power players: Bennett Miller – Director (Capote), Michael De Luca – Producer (The Social Network), Rachael Horovitz- Producer (About Schmidt), Wally Pfister – Cinematographer (Inception!).

Knowing this, I spotted Bennett sitting by himself while everyone freaked out over being within 50 feet of Brad Pitt. I made sure to go over and say hello and tell them that I loved Capote. He was geniunely suprised (not that many people recognize or appreciate him on set, I assume) and said Thank You.

It was just really wonderful to be able to comment (in a not-annoying way) someone that I consider to be making genuinely great work. I also sat there and thought, someday I’ll have a similar set to this, filled with hundreds of screaming fans who are all hoping to get their chance to see a star. I’ll be sitting in the Producer’s chair seeing the beauty of film being created. And I’ll smile.