We frame things in an off-kilter way because it's unsettling. In the 'Mr. Robot' world, that's the norm, and it's the norm for the point of view that we're looking for, which is Elliot's. With our compositions and our visual… — 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
Growing up, my parents were very much about the Egyptian culture. They never really wanted to assimilate in American culture. — Sam Esmail Copy Share Image
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 Image
