Sam Esmail : (9)

" 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

" I have a brilliant sound design team who’s been working with me since ‘Mr. Robot,’ and one of the things we always think about – and it’s also something we think about with cinematography – is how we get inside the characters’ heads and how do we place the audience where we want them to be or how we want them to feel at any given moment. " - Sam Esmail

" Any time I approach a scene, it’s not just what’s on the page – it’s how the camera’s going to show or not show what’s on the page. It’s which character are we going to align with and what music is going to be playing. " - Sam Esmail

" I took Pascal, and I was terrible. And then, when I went to NYU, I minored in computer science. I just couldn’t code. I just didn’t have the patience for it. " - Sam Esmail

" The 2016 election, I’m sure, wasn’t the first one to be hacked; it was just the first one that was made public. " - Sam Esmail

" Looking back at ‘Taxi Driver’ or, really, any of the Martin Scorsese films, he really filmed New York City in a way that I saw New York City. " - Sam Esmail

" I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or a Republican or a conservative, the election of Trump is a national tragedy for multiple reasons. It will go down as one of the worst tragedies in American history. But he’s not a dictator. This happened because we either allowed it or voted for it. " - Sam Esmail

" When I first created the world of ‘Mr. Robot,’ I thought it would be a niche television series with a small, cult following. " - Sam Esmail

" I could watch ‘There Will Be Blood’ all day long, and Daniel Plainview is a terrible person – but he’s still compelling to watch. That’s what makes me want to engage and see what happens next. " - Sam Esmail