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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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