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'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.
I just like to take my time, have a cup of tea and read the paper. I don't like starting the day in a panic.
I've been in love with the cinema since childhood and it's a fantasy of mine to appear in a Hollywood movie.
In America they like my spicy TV alter ego, probably because there were a lot of Italians and Hispanics in the country, but the real L.A. life is a hard-working one.
I like to read about subjects unrelated to my work, especially history.
I eat well, but I don't believe in diets.
Before a long-haul flight, buy yourself a cheap, big, comfortable pillow. It makes a huge difference.
I'm a sucker for turquoise sea, white beaches and palm trees. I've been to the tropics every year since I could afford it. It's the perfect place to unwind. I can chill out, read, do a bit of yoga.
When I visit a country, I like to experience local food.
When I was 10, I knew there was something different about me. Everyone was football-mad, but I just wanted to watch musicals and see art.
I'm not romantic at all. I'm a moaner. I should be on Grumpy Old Men. I'm terrible.
I look after myself. I train and go to the gym.
In reality, nobody gets successful in America by being lazy.
I love contemporary art, although I wouldn't want a pickled shark in my house.