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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
  • 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
  • 'Taxi Driver' is one of those films that is groundbreaking in how much you're inside this character's head. It uses voice-over in a revolutionary way where the audience is invited as a co-conspirator to the whole story line.
    - Sam Esmail
  • When you don't have a main character that's flawed, I don't know how you relate to that person.
    - 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