Salieri Quotes

People realize that Salieri is not the man we saw in the Amadeus movie. That man had no talent. It was a great movie, but the Salieri character was a big fiction.

In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.

Once I looked into a mirror at my face I felt like it was completely convincing. I was Salieri.

As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow.