I always sleep on my own. I can't sleep with somebody else. Always separate bedrooms, bathrooms and closets. I'm very individual and I want my own space.

- Bruno Tonioli

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

- Bruno Tonioli

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.

- Bruno Tonioli

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

- Bruno Tonioli

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

- Bruno Tonioli

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

- Bruno Tonioli

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

- Bruno Tonioli

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

- Bruno Tonioli

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

- Bruno Tonioli

I love to cook.

- Bruno Tonioli

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

- Bruno Tonioli

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

- Bruno Tonioli

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

- Bruno Tonioli

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

- Bruno Tonioli

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.

- Bruno Tonioli

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

- Bruno Tonioli

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

- Bruno Tonioli

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

- Bruno Tonioli

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.

- Bruno Tonioli

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.

- Bruno Tonioli