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Sam Esmail
Sam Esmail
American Director
Born: Sep 17, 1977
About Me People Robot Think You
Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
The fact you can manipulate people because you can hack them and learn everything about their personal lives - that's an immense amount of power. Sam Esmail
You People Power Everything Immense About Fact Hack Learn Because Personal Personal Lives Manipulate Them Lives Amount
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 and jury here: you are it. That, in and of itself, is a very complicated way of looking at morality. Sam Esmail
You Justice People Judge Complicated Looking Own Think Society Way Bad Bad Guys Superhero About Morality Guys Put Protect Because Itself Very Jury Just Psychology Forming Should Your Away Here Defend
B. D. Wong is one of my favorite actors. Sam Esmail
Favorite Actor
Girls rejected me a lot. Sam Esmail
Me Girl Lot Rejected
Reality, in general, in my opinion, has gotten blurred. Sam Esmail
Reality General Opinion Gotten In My Opinion Blurred
The world is so heavily influenced by technology, and it has started to feel like it's not on solid ground. The world has become unreliable, unknowable. Facts are vulnerable, and things you have come to rely on are no longer there. Sam Esmail
You Technology World Become Unknowable Solid Rely Unreliable Facts Feel Longer Come Like Vulnerable Influenced Ground Things Started
I've always been fascinated by this idea of who we are versus who we want to be. Sam Esmail
Idea Always Been Versus Want Who Fascinated
I think there is more cohesion when you have one director on set. Sam Esmail
You Director Think More Cohesion Set
A lot of unexpected things do happen on 'Mr. Robot.' Sam Esmail
Robot Lot Unexpected Happen Things
In a weird way, I never wanted - I don't consider myself a very good writer. I consider myself okay; I don't consider myself great. There's Woody Allen and Aaron Sorkin. There's Quentin Tarantino. I'm not ever gonna be on that level. But I do consider myself a good filmmaker. Sam Esmail
Myself Good Great Consider Way Okay Allen Writer Never Good Writer Weird Weird Way Quentin Tarantino Tarantino Very Wanted Woody Woody Allen Gonna Ever Level Filmmaker
I'm Egyptian, and my parents stupidly decided to move us down to South Carolina when I was five, which was pretty brutal. Sam Esmail
Parents Down Carolina Pretty Brutal South South Carolina Five Move Egyptian Decided Which Us
The one thing that I know from the personal experiences that I've had with hackers and from people in tech who are brilliant at this thing, is there's a lot of angst. Sam Esmail
People Brilliant One Thing Angst Hackers Had Know Lot Personal Personal Experiences The One Thing Experiences Who Tech Thing
I don't think it's political to dislike Trump. I don't think it's controversial to say he's a bad president. He's clearly a bad president. He's clearly not equipped to do the job. Sam Esmail
Political Job Think President Say Bad He Clearly Equipped Trump Controversial Dislike
I'm not a fan of these very cutty, handheld-y kind of films or TV shows, where a cut is just every half second or every two seconds, where you're desensitized to it. To me, a cut should say something and be impactful. Sam Esmail
Me You Half Every Films Seconds Say Kind TV TV Shows Something Very Just Where Fan Cut Should Shows Second Two
It's strange not to allow the actor some input and breathing room into what was written on the page - it is their job to make it come alive. Sam Esmail
Strange Job Input Alive Some Allow Written Come Make Room Breathing Page Actor
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
World Thought First Robot Television Television Series Would Would-Be Following Small Cult Created Series Niche
I don't mind Twitter. I think it's a lot of nonsense, but at least, to me, Twitter is just more of a public forum to have conversation. Sam Esmail
Me Conversation Mind Think Twitter More Least Nonsense Lot Just Public Public Forum Forum
When you don't have a main character that's flawed, I don't know how you relate to that person. Sam Esmail
Character You Relate Main Main Character Know How Person Flawed
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
Day Me Will Long Daniel All Day See Could He Terrible Makes Still Blood Person Want Happens Next Engage Compelling Watch
I never try and tune anything out. I think that's a mistake. You want to bring all the honest stuff that's going on inside you into your work. Otherwise, you're keeping a lot of authenticity out. Sam Esmail
Work You Mistake Try Think Otherwise Out Inside Never Stuff Lot Authenticity Going Want Anything Tune Your Keeping Bring Honest
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
Looking Looking Back Films Back Saw Way City Martin Martin Scorsese Driver He New Scorsese York Any New York New York City Taxi Taxi Driver Really
'Fight Club' is great in its spirit of anti-establishment. Sam Esmail
Great Fight Club Spirit Fight Club
'Pi' was one of my favorite films growing up because I thought it employed paranoia and voice-over, and also because it used this unreliable narrator in a very fascinating way. Sam Esmail
Thought Films Way Favorite Favorite Films Paranoia Voice-Over Unreliable Employed Also Because Narrator Up Very Used Fascinating Growing Growing Up
I was a nerd, growing up, I was really into computers and technology, and most of my friends were basically in that world as well. Sam Esmail
Technology World Nerd Computers Most Well Were Up Friends Really Growing Growing Up Basically
I did not love going out to parties or even get-togethers, really - I went to the movies, which, if you think about it, is an isolating experience anyway - and this was because I had anxiety about interacting with people. Sam Esmail
Love You Experience People Anxiety Think Out About Had Parties Because Did Going Interacting Anyway Which Movies Really Even
I always thought the writing process for movies and TV shows was just a blueprint. The making of it was the thing. Sam Esmail
Writing Thought TV TV Shows Writing Process Always Making Just Blueprint Process Movies Shows Thing
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