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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
'Mr. Robot' is more directly about technology, and 'Homecoming' deals more with the pharmaceutical industry, but I think they're all part and parcel of this growing sense that things are happening behind the scenes at our expense, and we're not aware of it. Sam Esmail
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I love when a protagonist and antagonist can find common ground. Sam Esmail
Love Find Protagonist Antagonist Common Common Ground Ground
I don't cover my scenes. We approach it visually. Sometimes we go out of our way to do awkward blocking so that we can tell whatever the emotional heartbeat is of that scene in the most interesting way possible. Sam Esmail
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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 has to be a vital reason. Sam Esmail
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I remember growing up in suburban New Jersey, and all the computer stores were like, 'Motherboard Mayhem' and all these cheesy names. Sam Esmail
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I don't want to watch a show or a movie about the guy who doesn't have any problems, who is sort of a goodie two shoes and just does everything morally right, because that's not the person I relate to. That's not who I am. That's not what anyone is. Sam Esmail
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I'm controlling over anything I create. I'm very precious about it. Sam Esmail
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You have to have that core creative team around you who's going to support your vision, and challenge and evolve it. Sam Esmail
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I love reading about other people's world view. Sam Esmail
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Growing up, my parents were very much about the Egyptian culture. They never really wanted to assimilate in American culture. Sam Esmail
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I've seen shows that start to go down the path of fan service, and it really diminishes the quality. Sam Esmail
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What resonates with me whenever I watch a great movie or TV show is the balance of inevitability and unpredictability. And it's a very delicate balance. Sam Esmail
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I think people are more than their heritage or their skin colour or their name or how they grew up. Sam Esmail
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Sound design is always critical, especially when you're doing a thriller with a lot of suspense and tension. Sam Esmail
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I never let the technical stuff get in the way of the storytelling. Sam Esmail
Way Never Stuff Get Storytelling Technical
When I started thinking about 'Mr. Robot,' I thought about it as a movie, and I thought about the complete arc, and that is the one story I'm going to tell. Sam Esmail
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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
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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
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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 out their worldview, and maybe you have to slip in exposition, but it's all about how you write it. Sam Esmail
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Do I want a character who just has the best motives and the best intentions, zero flaws, and is doing things for the right reasons? No! Sam Esmail
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I went to film school to direct. Sam Esmail
School Direct Film Film School
With some actors, if I have upward of 10 notes, I don't want to give them all 10 notes and overwhelm them. I usually parse them out three or four at a time. Sam Esmail
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I was anti-conformist. Sam Esmail
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 injection of tone, and I think tone is everything to a story. Sam Esmail
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One of my favorite Tarantino films is 'Jackie Brown,' and 'Jackie Brown' does it so well, where I'm watching the back half of that movie, and I don't know which side Jackie Brown is playing. I think it's really ingenious for Tarantino to keep us in the dark on that. Sam Esmail
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