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 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.
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.
I don't like myself. I'm not vain at all. I hate looking at myself - I always think I look ugly. Honest.