Vanessa also revealed getting signed up for the show was the 'fastest deal ever', adding:
　　
'The day I met Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry, I thought it was just a general meeting.
　　
'But I sat down and he said, "Listen, Steve McPherson would love you to join our cast. Do you watch the show? Would you be interested? If so, we’ll come up with a character together".
　　
'I said, "Wow, let me think about it". Then we talked about Broadway for the rest of the meeting, and when we left, he said, "I’ll have the agents get into it". And it was done in four days. It was the fastest deal ever!'
　　
她回憶到與劇組簽約的過程更是雷厲風行，“與制作人見面那天，我以為這只是簡單的碰個頭罷了。他對我說，‘非常希望你能加入，你看這劇嗎？你感興趣嗎？我們可以一起創(chuàng)造一個新的角色’。之后我們都在聊一些話劇方面的事情，臨走的時候我告訴他，我會讓經(jīng)紀人和他談談的，誰知道，四天之內便簽下了合約，真是最快的一次。”