Bruno Tonioli Quotes

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.

My parents wanted me to work in a bank or as an accountant.

I'm with people all the time so I often go away on my own.

Before a long-haul flight, buy yourself a cheap, big, comfortable pillow. It makes a huge difference.

When I visit a country, I like to experience local food.

When people feel threatened by you, they find something that is belittling.

I look after myself. I train and go to the gym.

In reality, nobody gets successful in America by being lazy.

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

I like to read about subjects unrelated to my work, especially history.

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 eat well, but I don't believe in diets.

I started dancing before I could talk. Other babies learn to stand and then walk - I just danced.

I love reading. I'm very much into history, novels, biographies and I have a wide range of thrillers.

I'm not romantic at all. I'm a moaner. I should be on Grumpy Old Men. I'm terrible.

When people speak their own language you get a much better sense of who they are.

I am down-to-earth and not one of those starry, up-their-own-butt celebrities.

If I had a place with a studio where I could paint I'd be happy.

Dad was a bus driver, and when he finished work he would repair cars.

I am a simple man.

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've been in love with the cinema since childhood and it's a fantasy of mine to appear in a Hollywood movie.

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.

Mum had a job fitting upholstery into cars, but, in the evenings, she worked as a seamstress.

I love contemporary art, although I wouldn't want a pickled shark in my house.