Bruno Tonioli Quotes

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

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  People, Belittle, Feels

  "I was the only gay in my village..Humor helped me to beat the bullies". www.mirror.co.uk. November 26, 2005.

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

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  People, Language, Speak

  "Me and my travels". Interview with Helen Ochyra, www.theguardian.com. November 15, 2008.

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

  Bruno Tonioli

  Subjects

  "Me and my travels". Interview with Helen Ochyra, www.theguardian.com. November 15, 2008.

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

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  Baby, Dancing, Walks

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

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  People, Going Away, My Own

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

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  Art, Sharks, House

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

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  Believe, Wells, Don't Believe

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• 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.

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  Tea, Paper, Panic

  "Interrogation: Strictly's Len and Bruno". Interview with Mirror, www.mirror.co.uk. April 6, 2008.

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

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  Parent, Wanted, Accountants

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• 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.

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  Swimming, Thinking, People

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• It's horrible how money and fame can make you acceptable while, if you're not famous or rich, you're not acceptable.

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  Rich, Fame, Horrible

  "I was the only gay in my village..Humor helped me to beat the bullies". www.mirror.co.uk. November 26, 2005.

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• 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.

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  Art, Kings, Dad

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• 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.

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  Country, Real, Hard Work

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• 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.

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  Running, Country, Jobs

  "Interrogation: Strictly's Len and Bruno". Interview with Mirror, www.mirror.co.uk. April 6, 2008.

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

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  Jobs, Car, Upholstery

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

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  Paint, Studios, Ifs

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

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  Childhood, Hollywood, Cinema

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

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  Looks, Gym, Train

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• 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.

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  Football, Art, Mad

  Twitter post from Mar 28, 2018

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

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  Country, Local Food, Locals

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• 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.

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  Beach, Yoga, Years

  "Me and my travels". Interview with Helen Ochyra, www.theguardian.com. November 15, 2008.

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

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  Differences, Long, Flight

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

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  Reading, Biographies, Range

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

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  Dad, Car, Bus

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• 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.

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  Atmosphere, Would Be, Capture

  "Interrogation: Strictly's Len and Bruno". Interview with Mirror, www.mirror.co.uk. April 6, 2008.

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