Picture this: major Hollywood film, I'm cast as a glamorous 1940s movie star, and I'm convinced my character needs false eyelashes. The makeup artist agrees! But on the first day of shooting, she realizes she's out of falsies! Ugh!  Lesson learned: now I carry a spare pair in my set bag for those lash emergencies.

Another day, on-set of a television show, and my contact lens decides to call it quits with an untimely tear. To make matters worse, I didn't pack any backups. Ugh!  Now, my set bag doubles as a mini optical store, complete with spare lenses for any unexpected eye-related drama.

It's practically a tradition on every set I grace – some fellow actor asks if I can do them a solid while on-set and stash their phone in my bag. Ugh!  I'm not running a mobile phone daycare here, folks! Carry your own bag.