I've always said that the first season was the first act of my feature, so this is what I meant. I wanted the story of 'Mr. Robot' to be Elliot actually accomplishing his goal, setting the world into chaos. What… — Sam Esmail Copy Share Image
If you think about it, just the psychology of the superhero is, 'Because I can, I should protect people, and I should put bad guys away, and I should defend society.' But you're forming your own justice. There's no judge… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
