Raoul Bova Net Worth

Raoul Bova's Quotes

• It's always important what you're doing, it's not important where.
• "Our son (with his wife) was born in the water, in our home's bath tub. Every evening, if I'm in Rome, we take the bath together. The love for water unites us. Now he is older than one year old and like a foreigner to whom I'd like to make known my world." - talking about his first child Alessandro-Leon.
• Sometimes people of success are the loneliests ones, they are in front of the TV with the remote control in their hand and the phone never rings...
• I spent the first 14 years of my life swimming, which is very important to me. Wherever I'm filming I always try and find a swimming pool.
• I'll tell you, the love scene is always very, very difficult to shoot because you have all the crew around you and looking at you and when you are kissing someone, they say, `Don't put your hand on my shoulder because you're touching my hair' and something like that. And I say okay, okay. When you push the cheek, they're like, `Don't push the cheek' and I say okay. And you have to be very romantic and you say, okay. How can you enjoy the love scene?

Interesting Facts about Raoul Bova

1. Appeared with Madonna in a 1999 Max Factor commercial, directed by Alek Keshishian, starring make-up artist Sarah Monzani.
2. He was a swimming champion with S.S. Lazio team of Rome, the oldest and most important sport club in Europe.
3. Performed his military duty in the "Bersaglieri".
4. He collects ethnic wood-carved sculptures.
5. He studied at the Italian Institute of Physical Education.
6. At age 16 he won the Italian swimming championship of the 100 meters backstroke competing for the team S.S. Lazio.
7. Ex-boyfriend of actress Romina Mondello.
8. His wife, Chiara Giordano, is a veterinarian.
9. He was born in Rome and considers himself a real Roman that couldn't live somewhere else, but his parents are from southern Italy, his father is from Reggio Calabria and his mother from Naples.
10. His father is an employee of Alitalia Airlines and his mother is an housewife.
11. Prepares for his role in La fiamma sul ghiaccio (2006) by reading the book "Thecurious incident of the dog in the night-time" by Mark Haddon and studying with the Roman psychologist Arturo Mona.
12. Lost 14 kilos to portray Saint Francis in Francesco (2002) and named his second son, Francesco (b. 2001), after the Saint.
13. Was named Raoul after his great grandfather.
14. Before becoming an actor, he took an exam to enter in the "Carabinieri", the Italian military police but was refused. Ironically, he portrays a carabiniere in the TV movie Ultimo (1998) .
15. Sometimes plays soccer with the "Nazionale Italiana attori" in charity matches.
16. Made a nude artistic calendar in 2000 for the Italian magazine Max.
17. He's a supporter of the charity project "Vento e sole" (wind and sun) with the Nobel award-winner, Rigoberta Menchú. The project's goal is to develop an ecological system of electrification for the third-world countries, especially in Guatemala.
18. Bova is a typical surname from Calabria.
19. Has two dogs: Jackie and Ofelia.
20. Has been the face of "Giorgio Armani eyewear" and of "Gap".