Patina miller

Oh, my mom. She's one of my biggest fans.

That's been the most exciting part of the show - incorporating the magic and the acrobats and the singing and dancing to make our 'Pippin.'

I've been doing lots of trapeze, and so much of it is holding your own weight.

When I started performing in public, I was probably around 10 or 11.

I went to Carnegie Mellon.

I've always wanted a Maltese-poodle, but I've always been really busy. So I said once I'm back in the city and the 'Sister Act' stuff dies down, I'm going to get a puppy.

'Sister Act' was my first audition out of school. I was 21 and cast as the understudy. It was non-Equity, so I lived in L.A. on $300 a week. I did that for a month and then came to New York to do a...

It was always my dream, to do a leading role on Broadway. It's what I went to college to do, in hopes of one day someone taking a chance on me and saying, 'You know what? You're going to be our girl.'

I always tell friends you can't judge your success by someone else's. You can't be afraid to fail.

I live alone, so I don't really talk to anyone once I'm home. I have some silent nights.