All my graduation money went to paying for bartending classes so I could have a side gig. I bartended for two months before I was supposed to move to New York and then two months later I got the job as an understudy in ’Sister Act’ and haven’t looked back since.

Miller frames her early career as a pragmatic mix of ambition and contingency planning: she invests her graduation money not in glamour but in a marketable skill that can subsidize an uncertain artistic path. The quick pivot from bartending to landing an understudy role in the musical Sister Act highlights how performing careers often hinge on readiness, timing, and seizing openings rather than linear planning. The phrase “haven’t looked back since” casts the understudy job as a decisive turning point—an inflection where survival work gives way to sustained professional momentum—while also underscoring the risk and resilience behind later success.