( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: SEE HOW EXCITED

>> I MEAN, THIS IS CRAZY.

>> Stephen: ISN'T IT?

I'M NOT SURPRISED.

I'M NOT SURPRISED.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Stephen: I THINK THEY JUST AGREE WITH ME THAT YOU'RE ONE OF

MY FAVORITE ACTORS.

YOU'RE REALLY AN AMAZING PERSON TO WATCH ON FILM.

IT'S FUN TO SEE YOU IN PERSON HERE.

>> MY MOTHER THINKS SO, TOO.

( LAUGHTER ).

>> Stephen: REALLY?

SHE SOUND LIKE A REALLY SMART WOMAN.

CONGRATULATIONS ON "MR. ROBOT."

>> THANKS, MAN.

>> Stephen: SIX EMMY NOMINATIONS.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS JUST GOT--

YOU GUYS JUST GOT PICKED UP FOR SEASON THREE.

>> YEAH.

>> Stephen: THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR THE REST OF US.

NO SPOILERS.

I HAVEN'T SEEN SEASON TWO YET.

>> ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

>> Stephen: BUT I LOVE IT.

>> THEN DON'T READ ANYTHING ONLINE.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU.

>> Stephen: I NEVER DO.

I NEVER DO.

OBVIOUSLY, I LOOK UP "HILLARY CLINTON ILLNESS," BUT OTHER THAN

THAT.

A LOT OF THINGS PEOPLE SAY ABOUT IT-- I KNOW SOME CODERS AND THEY

SAY IT'S ACCURATE.

THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS ABOUT IT IS THAT IT DOESN'T TALK

DOWN TO THE AUDIENCE.

ACTUALLY IS-- WHAT YOU SEEN ON SCREEN, WHAT THEY'RE TALKING

ABOUT IS ACCURATE.

DID YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HACKING BEFORE DID YOU THIS

PART?

>> NO, NOTHING AT ALL.

I'M, LIKE, A TERRIBLE TYPIER, TOO, WHICH IS SO SAD.

( LAUGHTER ).

>> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE TO LEARN OR IS IT ALL-- ARE YOU

JUST DOING THIS OFFSCREEN.

>> I DID START TO DO THAT, AND I QUICKLY GOT REPRIMANDED.

THEY'RE LIKE, "YOU'RE NOT PLAYING THE PIANO," IS WHAT I

HEARD.

THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.

>> Stephen: OH, REALLY.

( PIANO PLAYING OPINION (.

>> Jon: PLING!

>> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE TO TAKE TYPING CLASSES?

>> I DID HAVE TO TAKE TYPING CLASSES.

SOMEBODY CAME TO MY HOUSE AND GAVE ME TYPING LESSONS, AND

AFTER A FEW SESSION OF THAT I WAS LIKE, NO, I THINK I CAN

COVER THIS WITH JUST PURE ACTING.

I CAN -- >> YOU CAN ACT TO THE TIPS OF

YOUR FINGERS?

>> YEAH, RIGHT.

I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO JUST THAT.

>> Stephen: WELL, THE CHARACTER EYE MEAN, THE SHOW

ITSELF IS ABOUT, LIKE, REVOLUTION, AND ANARCHY, AND A

SENSE OF PROFOUND ALIENATION.

>> ALIENATION.

>> Stephen: YEAH!

WE JUST CONNECTED WHICH IS THE OPPOSITE OF PROFOUND ALIENATION.

>> YEAH, RIGHT.

>> Stephen: SO WHY DO YOU THINK-- WHY DO YOU THINK IT HAS

STRUCK SUCH A CHORD WITH PEOPLE?

>> I THINK SO MANY PEOPLE FEEL ALIENATED IN A WAY.

THEY FEEL, YOU KNOW, DISENFRANCHISED BY THE SOCIETY

THEY LIVE IN.

THEY FEEL LIKE THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S

VERY DIFFICULT TO, YOU KNOW, TO RAIL AGAINST THIS-- THIS SOCIETY

THAT IS, YOU KNOW, POSITIONED-- YOU KNOW, THE 1% AGAINST THE

REST OF US, I FEEL.

IT'S JUST A DIFFICULT PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, JUST

STRIVING TO BE-- TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING AND WHO ARE VERY

DIFFERENT.

YEAH.

>> Stephen: WELL, YOUR CHARACTER--

( APPLAUSE ) YOUR CHARACTER IS CERTAINLY VERY

DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW.

AND YOU'VE PLAYED A COUPLE OF CHARACTERS LIKE SNAFU IN THE

PACIFIC WAS ANOTHER CHARACTER, A BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE, ANOTHER

CHARACTER PROFOUNDLY DAMAGED OR PROFOUNDLY ALIENATED.

DO YOU ENJOY PLAYING PEOPLE WHO CAN'T CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE?

BECAUSE-- ( LAUGHTER )

AN ACTOR'S JOB IS TO CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE, ISN'T IT?

>> YEAH.

IT MUST BE SOMEWHERE DEEP INSIDE OF ME THAT I HAVE THOSE SAME

FEELINGS.

YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO DISCOVER WHAT IT IS THAT MADE THESE

PEOPLE THAT-- YOU KNOW, THAT WAY, IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, A

QUESTION I THINK OF NATURE VERSUS NURTURE, YOU KNOW.

IF WE'RE, YOU KNOW, JUST-- IF WE'RE BORN THAT WAY OR IT'S A

SITUATION THAT HAS BEEN DEALT TO US, THAT PUTS US-- THAT ALLOWS

US TO DEVELOP IN THIS WAY, THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO COMMUNICATE AT

TIMES OR FORCES US INTO A CORNER.

I LIKE THOSE GUYS.

>> Stephen: ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT THE SHOW IS THAT

ELLIOT, YOUR CHARACTER, IS TALKING TO US, TALKING TO THE

CAMERA, AS IF WE'RE NOT REAL.

AS IF WE'RE AN ACKNOWLEDGED IMAGINARY PRESENCE IN HIS HEAD,

WHO HE KNOWS HE SHOULDN'T BE TALKING TO BECAUSE WE'RE NOT

THERE.

AND IT REALLY ALIENATES YOU FROM THE TV SHOW BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST

AS IF THE TV SHOW IS SAYING, "IT WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU WEREN'T

REAL."

>> RIGHT.

>> Stephen: AND THAT THE TV SHOW IS REAL, AND WEERT FAKE

THING.

YEAH.

>> IT DOES.

>> Stephen: IT DOES BLOW YOUR MIND.

>> YOU BLEW MY MIND.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT'S COOL ABOUT THE THE SHOW.

YOU KNOW, IT INTEGRATES THAT AUDIENCE ASPECT MORE.

YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU'RE A PART OF IT LIKE --

>> DO PEOPLE SAY, "I TOTALLY GET WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I'M GOING

TO BRING DOWN SOCIETY LIKE YOU GUYS DO?"

BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT, LIKE, THIS MENTALLY DAMAGED ANTIHERO THAT

YOU'RE PLAYING.

BUT WE'RE PULLING FOR YOU TO STROI EVERYTHING.

>> I GET A LOT OF MAIL THAT I HAVE TO REFER BACK TO THE POLICE

DEPARTMENT AND THE C.I.A.

>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS.

THAT'S CALLED MARKET PENETRATION.

( LAUGHTER ) HERE'S THE THING IS THAT YOU'RE

NOT-- YOU'RE NOT THAT TECH SAVVY, RIGHT?

>> NO.

>> Stephen: HERE'S THE THING-- DO YOU LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA?

>> I'M NOT CRAZY ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE I THINK IT'S KIND

OF-- YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT POLARIZING.

IT'S DIFFICULT-- DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY IS

HAPPENING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW.

THINGS SEEM VERY MANICURED.

I THINK IT PITS PEOPLE AGAINST EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW.

>> Stephen: IS THAT-- IS THAT WHY YOU HAVE AN INSTAGRAM

ACCOUNT WITH ALMOST 100,000 FOLLOWERS?

AND NO POSTS YET.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> I HAD-- I HAD NO IDEA I HAD

THAT MANY FOLLOWERS.

>> Stephen: YOU HAVE ALMOST 100,000 FOLLOWERS.

>> THAT'S CRAZY.

>> Stephen: AND YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM NOTHING, OTHER THAN THIS

PICTURE OF YOU RIGHT THERE.

>> HOW FAR DO YOU THINK I CAN TAKE THIS?

>> Stephen: COULD I HELP YOU OUT HERE?

COULD WE GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT?

COULD WE FIELD THE BEAST AND GIVE THEM ONE PHOTO OF YOU FOR

INSTAGRAM?

( APPLAUSE ) >> SURE, SURE.

YOU CAME CORRECT.

>> Stephen: I TOTALLY CAME PREPARED.

I HOPE IS THIS GOING TO WORK.

>> SO THIS IS GOING TO BE MY FIRST POST.

>> Stephen: YOU WANT TO DO THIS?

ALL RIGHT.

>> WELL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT RIGHT, YOU HAVE TO GET

HIGHER, RIGHT.

YOU HAVE TO GET THAT GOOD ANGLE.

THERE YOU GO.

>> Stephen: IS THAT WORKING?

OKAY.

>> NOW IT'S GOT-- THERE WE GO.

NOW IT'S-- THERE WE GO!

>> Stephen: READY?

>> WE HAVE TO GET HIGHER.

I MEAN, DON'T YOU SEE PEOPLE CRANK THEIR NECK BACK LIKE THIS

FOR THE PERFECT ANGLE.

>> Stephen: READY, ONE, TWO...

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELCOME TO THE

FUTURE!

>> WE DID IT!

YES!

>> Stephen: "MR. ROBOT" AIRS WEDNESDAY NIGHTS ON THE USA.

NETWORK.

CHECK IT OUT, EVERYBODY.

RAMI MALEK.