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!'
　　
她回忆到与剧组签约的过程更是雷厉风行，“与制作人见面那天，我以为这只是简单的碰个头罢了。他对我说，‘非常希望你能加入，你看这剧吗？你感兴趣吗？我们可以一起创造一个新的角色’。之后我们都在聊一些话剧方面的事情，临走的时候我告诉他，我会让经纪人和他谈谈的，谁知道，四天之内便签下了合约，真是最快的一次。”