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 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.
When I visit a country, I like to experience local food.
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.
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.
Dad was a bus driver, and when he finished work he would repair cars.
I'm with people all the time so I often go away on my own.
My parents wanted me to work in a bank or as an accountant.
When people feel threatened by you, they find something that is belittling.
When people speak their own language you get a much better sense of who they are.
I'm not romantic at all. I'm a moaner. I should be on Grumpy Old Men. I'm terrible.
It's horrible how money and fame can make you acceptable while, if you're not famous or rich, you're not acceptable.
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.
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.