Screenwriter BRUCE JOEL RUBIN: Tricks of the Trade

With over 23 years in the business, Bruce Joel Rubin has done it all. From his Oscar-winning screenplay for the romantic-comedy-drama "Ghost", to the psychological thriller "Jacob's Ladder", the family-friendly adventure "Stuart Little 2", and the tearjerker "My Life", which he also directed. Other writing credits include "Deep Impact", "Brainstorm" and "Deceived". In this in-depth interview, Rubin delivers some insightful stuff: his carpet-laying theory about writing, the story behind the "Jacob's Ladder" gut-wrenching opening scene, and which of his screenplays came about thanks to a burrito that didn't digest well.

This video is an excerpt from the full interview, available on DVD at TheDialogueSeries.com .

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[Saversek]

Great man, I've known him personally for years.

[agoffe]

He's a thief, he steals ideas from fledgling writers and passes them off as his own. I guess he reached internally for Deep Impact too right? You should be ashamed of yourself.

[TheReverendMoose]

what he says about him and his son--

it`s like the difference between the young and the old writer--

his son must GO OUT and learn new experiences to write about because he`s young and has lots to learn--

Mr. Rubin has gained much knowledge through many years of experience which he must GO IN to retrieve--

Makes perfect sense.

I`m a pontificating ponce btw.

[TheObnubilators]

this makes sense to me