Dash Mihok

I have been making hip-hop since I was a kid growing up in New York in the '80s and '90s. It's always been a hobby of mine - I've been making beats and writing songs for as long or longer than I've been acting. ”

I had this tic where I touch my mouth to my knee, and I'm always screwing up my back. I've had two shoulder surgeries. My doctor just smiles and laughs at me. ”

My first tic was to shake my head violently. I was in karate class, and I was shaking violently. All of a sudden, I just started to notice that the teacher was looking at me, and all the kids were wondering what I was doing. I suddenly felt really strange. ”

In the years when teenagers really need to be connected to somebody, they aren't; especially in small towns where kids are bored and look for something to get them going. ”

There are networks and executives who are willing to take risks on vastly different material, and as an actor, there are some really juicy roles to sink your teeth into. ”

The greatest acting really is spoken without words, or at least I like to think that. ”

I've been to some Hollywood parties where things have happened, and people have probably needed to get a good lawyer. ”

When I'm acting and I have to remember my lines and put my mind in concert with my body, I don't tic. ”

Tourette's is involuntary in that it is impossible not to do. And it's torture to know what you're doing and not be able to stop it. ”

School was very difficult. I was conscious of how I looked. ”