“Though I acted in hundreds of productions, appeared at the Guthrie Theatre and on Broadway in Amadeus, I discovered in my thirties that I didn't really like stage acting. The presence of the audience, the eight shows a week and the possibility of a long run were all unnatural to me.” LongShowsRunningActingAudienceWeekStagePossibilityProductionsEightTheatreLong RunsBroadwayUnnaturalStage ActingAmadeusStage Presence Author:Fred Melamed
“Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the only musician who had as much knowledge asgenius, and as much genius as knowledge.” GeniusMusicianAmadeus Author:Gioachino Rossini
“There was a moment of extraordinary humbleness and humility and pride, as well, with my father when he turned to me - and I think it was after I played Salieri in "Amadeus" at university. And he said, You're better than I ever was or ever could be, you should do this for profession. You'd have a good time.” ThinkingShouldWellsSaidMomentsFatherHumilityPrideExtraordinaryUniversityProfessionGood TimesBe YouHaving A Good TimeHumblenessSalieriAmadeus Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“The psychological detective story in "Equus" made Peter Shaffer's name as a playwright. But it was his next play, "Amadeus," that cemented his reputation, largely because of the movie version. Another battle of wills, it was the story of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart seen through the eyes of lesser composer Antonio Salieri.” MadePlayStoriesEyeNextNamesBattleVersionsPsychologicalReputationComposerPeterPlaywrightDetectivesThrough The EyesAntonioDetective StoriesNext PlaySalieriAmadeus Author:Bob Mondello
“We did monologues and scenes, and New York I did a scene from Amadeus and a monologue from Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead by Eric Bogosian, and then in L.A. I switched the scene to This is Our Youth and did the same monologue. I was spiky-haired, super skinny. A lot of people were like, "You should come here and do a sitcom." That was the feedback that I got. Obviously it was quite a different journey than the one I've actually had, but I just listened to people.” PeopleShouldDifferentJourneyNew YorkYouthLike YouSceneNailsFeedbackSkinnyForeheadsSitcomEricJust ListenMonologuesAmadeus Author:Zachary Quinto
“Look at me!’ I screeched. ‘Look at me, Amadeus von Linden, you sadistic hypocrite, and watch this time! You’re not questioning me now, this isn’t your work, I’m not an enemy agent spewing wireless code! I’m just a minging Scots slag screaming insults at your daughter! So enjoy yourself and watch! Think of Isolde! Think of Isolde and watch!” ThinkingLooksEnjoyEnemyWatchesDaughterAgentsCodeInsultQuestioningLook At MeHypocriteWirelessYour DaughterScotsSadisticEnjoy YourselfSlagAmadeus Book:Code Name Verity Source: Code Name Verity
“These days I think the composers of music influence me more than any photographers or visual creators. I see something exciting or lovely and think to myself: 'If Papa Haydn or Wolfgang Amadeus or the red-headed Vivaldi were here with a camera, they'd snap a picture of what's in front of me.' So I take the picture for them.” IfsThinkingInfluenceFrontsRedExcitingCamerasPhotographerCreatorLovelyThese DaysVisualsComposerSnapsPapaVivaldiAmadeus Author:Ralph Steiner
“Certainly Amadeus because it was a very powerful time for me, we filmed it in the Czech Republic at a time of lots of social and political change going on in that part of the world.” WorldPoliticalSocialPowerfulRepublicSocial ChangeVery PowerfulCzechPolitical ChangeCzech RepublicAmadeus Author:Jeffrey Jones
“Why are we importing all these highbrow plays like `Amadeus'? I could have told you Mozart was a jerk for nothing.” PlayJerkAmadeus Book:I gotta go: the commentary of Ian Shoales Source: I gotta go: the commentary of Ian Shoales
“There is a strange kind of human being in whom there is an eternal struggle between body and soul, animal and god, for dominance. In all great men this mixture is striking, and in none more so than in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.” MenHumansKindSoulBodyHuman BeingsAnimalStruggleStrangeEternalGreat MenMixturesDominanceAmadeus Book:Mozart, His Character, His Work Source: Mozart, His Character, His Work
“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.” PeopleMenCharacterBigsRealizingFictionSawsTalentHe ManHairstylesSalieriAmadeus Author:Cecilia Bartoli
“Anybody can put things together that belong together. to put things together that don't go together, and make it work, that takes genius like Mozart's. Yet he is presented in the play Amadeus as a kind of silly boy whom the gods loved.” KindPlayTogetherBoysGeniusSillyAmadeusSilly Boy Author:Lukas Foss