Bruno Tonioli
Bruno Tonioli
Bruno Tonioli (Italian pronunciation: is an Italian choreographer, dancer, and TV personality who has appeared as a judge on the British television dance competition Strictly Come Dancing and its American adaptation Dancing with the Stars on ABC TV in the US. Tonioli co-created and appeared on the BBC talent show DanceX and its American adaptation, Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionReality Star
Date of Birth25 November 1955
CityFerrara, Italy
CountryItaly
I love reading. I'm very much into history, novels, biographies and I have a wide range of thrillers.
I started dancing before I could talk. Other babies learn to stand and then walk - I just danced.
When it came to the stylish and graceful art of ballroom dancing, my dad was a king of the clubs, a prowling tiger and a wonderfully natural mover.
I've done everything. I've sung, done records, plays... It just so happened my first professional job was as a dancer. I've done the whole shebang, darling. But dancing was my first professional engagement in 1974. I got paid for it, so that was it, my vocation. But my parents weren't keen. They wanted me to be an accountant in Italy. Or a lawyer. They were furious. I had to run away. I had to leave the country.
Mum had a job fitting upholstery into cars, but, in the evenings, she worked as a seamstress.
Dad was a bus driver, and when he finished work he would repair cars.
If I had a place with a studio where I could paint I'd be happy.
A good show makes me happy. It's a great sensation. If you could capture a great atmosphere and do it every time, that would be amazing.
I'm with people all the time so I often go away on my own.
I think a lot of people have a vision of L.A. in which TV executives and movie directors plan their latest productions by the swimming pool.
It's horrible how money and fame can make you acceptable while, if you're not famous or rich, you're not acceptable.
I don't like myself. I'm not vain at all. I hate looking at myself - I always think I look ugly. Honest.
When people speak their own language you get a much better sense of who they are.
My parents wanted me to work in a bank or as an accountant.