I love voiceover. I never understood this idea that it was lazy. Well, yes, there are those movies or TV shows that use it as just a way to get out exposition. But you know what? That's just bad writing. — Sam Esmail Copy Share Image
The experience you're going to take the audience on is as important as the story you're trying to tell. And that experience needs to… — Sam Esmail Copy Share
With TV season structures - and I'm a huge TV watcher - you look at shows like 'Breaking Bad,' which is my favorite show… — Sam Esmail Copy Share
Even great actors who transform who they are still go to a really honest place; I think that's sort of that special skill that… — Sam Esmail Copy Share
I'm not in the business of adapting things that are popular for the sake of just getting it on the screen. I think there… — Sam Esmail Copy Share
If your loved ones are far away, and they're uploading pictures, you feel like that's enough: these loose strands through email, through social media,… — Sam Esmail Copy Share
I had a funny last name, and I didn't look like everybody else, and I got faced with a lot of racism. — Sam Esmail Copy Share
Movies and television show build on top of each other, succeed one another. In a large way, in terms of filmmaking aesthetics, they evolve… — Sam Esmail Copy Share
The story of 'Mr. Robot' is really about this guy who's lonely - who's alone and feels so disconnected from the world. — Sam Esmail Copy Share
Music is everything to me. It's the heart and soul of a movie or TV show to me because it can be such an… — Sam Esmail Copy Share
I use voiceover just like I use dialogue. There's a way to give out information or give out insight to the character or give… — Sam Esmail Copy Share
“Oh, I don't know. Is it that we collectively thought Steve Jobs was a great man, even when we knew he made billions off… — Sam Esmail Copy Share
It's weird; my fascination with tech was kind of combined with the fact that my parents would never pay for anything. It got me… — Sam Esmail Copy Share
Growing up, my parents were very much about the Egyptian culture. They never really wanted to assimilate in American culture. — Sam Esmail Copy Share
It's not necessarily bad that you have angst or you have anger - it's what you do with it, how you interpret it into… — Sam Esmail Copy Share
