Sophie Ellis-Bextor

I think I'm fairly good with money, but I've developed some strange tics - in shops I don't like to go to the counter unless I've got at least two things to buy. If I'm walking around with just one thing in my hand I'll put it back and wait a few weeks because that doesn't seem like a proper purchase.

English Musician

Olivia Wilde

People have nervous tics they don't know about, and I would advise asking around. Ask the casting director, 'Is there something I'm doing?' I would see people unconsciously rocking back and forth. I roll my lips. I bite my lips and roll them.

American Actress

Dash Mihok

People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for.

American Actor

Emily Blunt

If you're very open to watching the world go by, with people's different tics, you absorb it all without realizing it and find ways to put something into your character. I'm not sure I'm always aware I'm mimicking someone.

British Actress

Dylan McDermott

Once you understand that someone has Tourette and that they can't help their tics, it takes away the distraction. And you can engage your compassion. You feel for them. You embrace them.

Paddy Considine

All you've got to do is turn up and have a few facial tics and be a lunatic and throw someone around the room or blow their brains out and people think it's good acting.

English Actor

Fiona Barton

As a journalist, I've been a professional watcher, picking up the body language and verbal tics that make us individuals and interesting to others.

English Journalist

Gemma Chan

All of us have a lot of physical tics that we don't realize that we're doing subconsciously.

English Actress

Tim Howard

Sometimes I tic or twitch or cough, and it's a very public thing.

American Athlete

Jonathan Groff

As an actor, I have these tics that I don't even know exist.

A tic is an involuntary movement or sound that a person cannot control.

Involuntary Action

Tics are usually temporary and could be caused by stress or tiredness.

Not Persistent

Frequent or severe tics can be a sign of a medical condition like Tourette syndrome.

Medical Condition

This tic refers to a regular, often subconscious behavior rather than a physical spasm.

Unintended Habit

Behavioral tics can be a sign of anxiety or stress, like biting nails or tapping feet.

Reflects Anxiety

Being aware of one's tics is important as they can be distracting or misunderstood in social situations.

Social Perception

In British English, 'tic' is a mark that confirms correctness or completion, similar to 'tick'.

Verification Mark

The word 'tic' in this sense can be spelled 'tick' as well, and both are understood in British English.

Different Spellings

Use 'tic' to keep track of tasks or items; it signifies that an action has been dealt with.

List Completion

 And these were only some of my symptoms. When these symptoms surfaced, my life literally changed overnight. I could no longer go to school, see my friends or even eat out, because my tics would attract the attention of everyone in the room.

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