15 Emotions Actors Feel on a Regular Basis

Written by Ashleigh Gardner

August 1, 2016

You know you’ve felt all of these at some point in your time as an actor.  #Feelings

Motivation

Just saw Hamilton on Broadway. Gonna kill it at my next audition just like Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Excitement

An audition posting! Time to find the perfect outfit and rehearse my audition song.

Anxiety

OMG, which headshot should I choose from my headshot session? WHY IS THIS SO DIFFICULT.

Frustration

Memorizing this audition monologue is literally killing me.

Elation

I got cast? I got cast! AND I AM THE LEAD. YAS.

Grateful

My friends got cast, too! Yussssss.

Disbelief

WHAT! You’re kidding me. How am I going to memorize this many lines?

Resignation

Rehearsals rule my life, and therefore I have no life.

Contentment

I’ve finally memorized all my lines. Time to binge watch Stranger Things on Netflix.

Exhaustion

#TechWeek

Confidence

Opening night! Makeup flawless; wig pinned; shoes snug; costume on point. IT’S GO TIME.

Panic

WHAT IS MY LINE.

Relief

Remembered my line. Didn’t run offstage crying. 

Pride

Standing O! #FIERCE

Love

What would I do without this show and these people and this feeling? #AllTheFeels


Ashleigh Gardner received her AA in Theatre/Drama/Dramatic Arts from Valencia College and her Bachelors Degree in English Literature and Masters Degree in Literary, Cultural, and Textual Studies from the University of Central Florida. She is a playwright and an actor.