

And I'm like, do they like me on Switched at Birth but they think it's called Pretty Little Liars? 17. I would assume Lucy Hale - I don't personally think we look alike she has blue eyes. The amount of times people have come up to me and been like, "I love Austin & Ally!" and I've been like, I do, too? I also get, like, "I love you on Pretty Little Liars!" and I'm not sure which one they're talking about. And did, actually! It's a terrible message because it's not something that you can actually do.

VM: Belle, because she thought that she could change a man. Before that it was my friend who is a boom operator who is working on a new show in Atlanta and was complaining about the weather, and before that it was my mother. We ran into two girls who were huge fans of the show, and they were like, "Can we get a picture with you?" And they had a bag from The Cheesecake Factory! So we were like, "Yes, we will take a picture with you, but can we walk back into The Cheesecake Factory with you and say that we were dining with you and we forgot to get our parking validated?" And they let us do that! And then we took a picture with them. We're just not gonna get our parking validated. We couldn't get validated anywhere! We went into the Barnes & Noble and they were like, "Nope, you're going to have to buy a book to get validated." We were like, this is ridiculous. No worries, we went to the Veggie Grill to go eat! We couldn't get validated at the Veggie Grill. We couldn't get validated at Pottery Barn. And we were just like, whatever, we'll just get validated. But Constance was trying to be proactive and was like, "I have this chair that I need to return to Baby Pottery Barn, so let's just go over to The Grove, which is right next door to DWTS, and return this chair." And it turned into this whole thing, there was, like, a label issue. VM: Constance and I went to go support Lea on Dancing With the Stars - unfortunately that was the same day she got voted off, so it was terrible. What did you think of the Bay/Tank rape storyline, and the importance of framing it as a rape? It's like the filthiest language in the entire world. I learned so much about the Deaf community - and how dirty sign language can be! Like, that's another thing. I didn't know that you refer to interpreters as interpreters rather than translators. As far as, like, the cochlear implant debate, I knew nothing about that and how controversial it was. VM: I've learned so much about the Deaf community! I knew nothing about the Deaf community before Switched at Birth. What have you learned about the Deaf community that you didn't know before being on the show? Like, I don't just go to work every day and feel guilty for loving my job and having fun when people have real jobs out there. It's the first thing I've done that's actually spoken to a community in the way that Switched at Birth has, so it's really awesome. VM: It's super cool to be part of a show that's resonated with so many people. What is it like to be part of a groundbreaking show for the Deaf community, and what kind of response have you received from them? Because I can't spell in real life, so doing it with my fingers doesn't make it any easier. Jack, our ASL master, like, hates me for it. I have a rule that I won't fingerspell something more than four letters. I'm definitely better than where I was! I still can't fingerspell to save my life.

VM: Um, I would argue that I'm still not fluent in ASL ( laughs). Everyone has been really nice, like everyone's super complimentary, like, "Oh my god, you picked it up so fast, you're doing so well." And I know they're just like babying me to make me feel better ( laughs). VM: It was really hard for me to learn ASL.
