Tom Hanks on Woody, Sequels & The Moment That Haunts Him

I do not watch these movies after the. first time. There are movies that have. moments in it that I cannot watch. because I didn't get there. There is a. moment that is painful for me where I. just think. I'm not there. At the end of the 47th day of shooting. in the 14th hour of the day, you still. have to capture an emotional bit of. lightning in a bottle that is going to. last forever whether you do it well or. not. There remains forever a terrifying.

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>> Yeah, but we will get. >> [laughter]. >> But we're going to get deeper into those. huge unifying roles he's played across. absolute decades of one of the best. all-time careers in cinema. >> We've got stuff about Aston Villa. We. got uh. >> His favorite tank. >> I'm incredibly excited to uh to talk to. him and thank you for arming us with. such amazing questions as well. Um. I hear a noise in the corridor, so Mr. Tom Hanks is on his way. Please let us. uh. compose ourselves. uh and enjoy this episode.

>> Tom, welcome. You have been playing. Woody for over 30 years. And our first question comes from Steph. Allen and she says, "When you first. joined the cast of Toy Story, did you. have any inkling of how successful Pixar. and specifically the Toy Story franchise. would end up being?". >> They were explaining it to us as though. it was a volatile mixture that could. blow everybody's fingers off if we. didn't do it right. It was this new.

technology. of animation that wasn't [clears throat]. hand-drawn on cells by artist that it. was going to be this Well, we can show. you a sort of what it looks like and it. should all come together. They kept. saying should, we hope, maybe. Um but the as as the guy Look, my my job. is to inhabit something that is not. myself. The only thing that I saw was about 12. seconds of a line from a movie called.

Turner and Hooch in which I'm screaming. at a dog. It was a thing where I was. like don't eat the car don't eat the car. and they animated Woody as you know. Woody right now. It was just him against. a blue background and they say see what. we can do with the thing and it was all. this elbows and fists and outrage and. what have you. And [clears throat] I said uh. wow. You want me? Sure. And then for the next. 2 hours they kept explaining to me what. the process was.

and what the story was going to be and I. said I guys I'm good. Yeah, I don't I'm. in. Uh just tell tell me where to show. up. >> I'm going to do some acting. >> That that's it. The the thing that then. was was actually great part of the. process was and this I got to give this. up to the powers that be. certainly John Lasseter at the time that. he was you know the head of head of. Pixar and all of the whole Pixar team. this phalanx of folks that never stop. testing material. We did about 80% of a. movie that they threw out. >> Wow.

>> They put it together and they said there. is something intrinsically wrong with. the DNA that we started off with. And. that we I guess they made a painful call. to us all saying everything you've done. we're going to start all over from. scratch was and I said. okay all right fine. And then in out it. came a whole different relationship. between Woody and Buzz and our original. characters as well. And I had to say I. had to give that up to that that's a.

that's a pretty bold throw in order to. make on something that they just wanted. to get right and by the time you get to. see the finished thing I would just say. I can't believe that I'm in something. that is as fascinating as this. >> Is it quite a rare throw in Hollywood to. throw things out like that in your. experience? >> 80% of a movie, yeah. >> Yeah, that's right. That's right. >> Yeah, I I can understand. You know those. first 3 days of shooting, we're going to. reshoot that. And I know that there are. some filmmakers that build in 2 weeks of. reshoots into the the actual the actual.

budget. But, you know, the financiers so. absolutely insane as well as I guess in. some ways um. the egos that would be involved that. make Pixar different. There are other times once you get the. template down, you've got it, and it's. all going to work, and they're going to. put it all together. The fact that they. all go back, and I guess in some sort of. like hot house boiler room atmosphere, they just test it and test it and test. it and test amongst themselves. Not a. not a, you know, a screening thing. They.

just are we doing this right? And they. all draw, and they all put up these. animatics and their storyboards that are. magnificent. But that they were willing. to say this isn't what we originally. intended. That's a deep throw as far as. I'm concerned. And God bless them. And. I'm going to assume now that that. testing process is now built into all. the other ones, which is why it takes so. damn long to shoot these things and and. get them get them done. It's like some. It's 2 and 1/2 years, you know, of my. involvement in it about every 6 months.

>> I have a question from Charlotte who. says this will not be unfamiliar to you. When I watched Toy Story 3 in that now. infamous scene with the enormous. incinerator, >> Oh. >> I sobbed with my child and promised her. that I'd never throw away her toys. 17. years later, I still have every single. one. What do you struggle to let go of? asks. Charlotte. >> Oh, my lord. >> philosophical at the end there. >> Yeah, just just a little bit. I I am I'm. trying to get into this combination, you.

know, the book by Marie Kondo, you know, clearing out your closet. I try to give. up anything that does produce joy that. does not produce joy in my hand. >> You see you started with the stuff that. produces joy. So like, "Oh, isn't. working.". >> I. >> keep the joy thing as best I can, but. then you combine that with the. diabolical-sounding. Swedish death cleaning. >> Yeah. >> [laughter]. >> Which is not a. >> Yeah. >> Let's talk about that, you know. At some. combination between there, I will. literally force myself to give up the. sweatshirt that I wore the day I moved.

my third son into college. That I bought. at the, you know, the bookstore that. day. That I I I I must say I still have. those. So, you can't get rid of some of. that stuff. It is not because it looks. good or or it doesn't have holes in it. It's because, no, you don't understand. I spent a very important day wearing. this, you know, back in 19, whatever it. was. >> Well, that's the interesting part of. Charlotte's question, I think, because. you have, through this character and. through this incredible franchise, been.

part of so many childhoods. And of course, parents is a huge part of. those childhoods. You You must get a. sense of how much these films mean to. people. >> More so, I think, than anything else. Um. >> Anything else you've done? >> Well, it's because of the volume. And. it's because [clears throat]. there are now. I was talking with Tim. It's like it's a. shame that there's a number that is. attached to any of these movies. They. should just call it, "Here's the next. Toy Story movie." Or, you know, another. Toy Story five, four, three, two, one.

Whatever goes. But, there is a contract. that you always have with the audience, anyway, right? And they never forget the first time. they saw. the movie. >> Yeah. >> What whatever it comes down to. But, they see it in a different way when. they are six or 16. But, now we are into 56-year-old people. >> Yeah. >> that are talking about the first time. they saw Woody and Buzz together and how. much it meant them and how they go back. to it again and again and again and.

again. And it produces the same feelings. along with reflection [snorts] of all. the wisdom that they have since re-. acquired because they now have kids that. were their age when they saw it the. first time. I don't discount the the. power of cinema because I have that my. own reference in my head for individuals. that that I'm you know, might meet. because they were in a and they were in. a movie that I saw when I was 18 years. old. >> think of specific examples of people. you've met and just like.

>> I have I have met Keir Dullea, you know, who was in 2001 a Space. Odyssey and I become a babbling fool. >> That's amazing. >> And I tell him I've seen I've seen 2001. a Space Odyssey 119 times and I've. always seen something different. Can I. ask you please a question about when you. were running upside down? You know, that. that that that kind of stuff. And he's. he's very wonderful. And that. when I am in an elevator with someone. who has a six-year-old child in tow and.

they are trying to explain that this guy. who got on on the fourth floor is Woody. >> [laughter]. >> And you can't and this just just simply. does not compute until I get the kid to. close their eyes. And then I and then I. say, "Imagine. Think of Think of Woody. now. Can you see him? All right. Well, >> [clears throat]. >> oh my god, here we are in the elevator. at the same time." And you see their. face just kind of like explode in this. recognition and joy. You don't discount.

that. That is their that is the. production of high art and a very very. personal moment between you and a. a six-year-old or a 56-year-old. >> But it's part of maybe a shrinking. mainstream culture. You've always been. interested in those kind of big unifying. roles that lots of Americans can buy. into. Is it harder to find those roles. in a much more fractured. >> As as you know, you always go back to you know, that. this has come up periodically as you. know, some brand of new technology.

becomes the habit of how we experience. these one-on-one things. Without a doubt, there is I think a a. greater power now to those fewer and. fewer things that garner all of our. attention more or less at the same time. >> [snorts]. >> Uh because of, you know, it I can. entertain myself, anybody can entertain. this if [clears throat] they want to, all day long, in 3-minute increments, you know, on whatever they would tend to. swipe through. So, the power of that. union of a individual experience that.

you actually share with 200 or 1,600. strangers at the same time in the same. room, or maybe just talk about after. you've all been able to see it, it's. it's it will always be here. It will. always be a part of the consciousness, but I go back to periods of time when. most of culture was aware of a great. opera. or a great Shakespearean play, and it. just becomes more diffused, and. eventually there's just less and less of. those what are the grand unifying.

moments, GUMs. Let's call them that, you. know. The grand unifying moments of no matter. what your age, no matter what culture. is, even we even more matter what. language that you speak that binds us. binds everybody together in what let's. just call it art for the for the sake of. what art can do. >> What could a grand unifying moment. pictures? We can call it GUMP for short. If that's helpful. >> Oh my lord. Write that down. Quick, staff. >> [laughter]. >> By the way, not a bad not a bad example.

of that, too, you know. And you know, when that happens, all you can do is bow. your head in humble submission. >> You know, funnily enough, I got a. question from Neil Anderson, which. actually talks about your personal role. in in in in that sort of phenomena. He. says, "There's a graphic that's doing. the rounds showing your '90s run, and. it's frankly ridiculous. Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, Toy Story, Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile, Cast Away. At the time, were you aware. you were in the middle of this. once-in-a-generation golden run, or did. you just feel like I'm making the next. film? Was this something magic? >> No. No. The.

I felt I felt fortunate in that these. things came along and I was fascinated. by the subject. That that was it. And. the alliances that went into all of. those cuz. dare I say it, sometimes you think. you're making the same movie and you are. You are you are making some other film. that somebody else that is not the not. the same thing. But also to the I think. you can kind of look back on that. I. always for my age I think the '70s were. this great golden age cuz you could have.

anti-heroes and you know, gritty stories. that ended as tragedies, but everybody. remembers them as great films. The '90s. might have been the last great swing of. that even though the commerce of it. certainly drove it, the money numbers. drove everything the beginning of. sequels and franchises and what have you. came about during those eras. But I just. felt. I mean the the last movie I made in the. 1900s going into into 2000 was Cast. Away, you know, and that was about as.

daring a swing in every way creatively, financially, cinematically that anybody. could take and. we all felt that hey, we're getting away. with this. And in some ways all those. movies that you mentioned we were. getting away with something that we. thought well, isn't this what the art. form. you know, can render to you if you. if you so want to test yourself. That and the economics of making movies. I think were matching at that place and.

that match I don't think exists in the. in the same way. >> But do you think you're part of that cuz. one of the things about making difficult. cinema is if you've got a big mainstream. presence in the middle of it who you. trust, you can get away with an awful. lot more. >> I think that trust is part of it. Um. alas, I think I think mystery might be. the bigger thing like what's what's he. going to do in this? And I don't know if. I have a lot of mystery versus versus. countenance and all that. But, I will. say this about all of those, they were.

one-offs. >> Yeah. >> And I had high-powered executives say to. me, "No one wants to see a movie about. Apollo 13 because we know how it ends.". And I just thought, "Well, in that case, no one will ever see Star Wars or. Casablanca or Citizen Kane ever again. because it all And so, there was it it. was kind of like a a zeitgeist that was. constantly being being tested. But, you. know, outside of outside of Toy Story, >> Yeah. >> there were no were there no sequels in.

there. >> Yeah. >> You know, each one of those were. individual one-off films that had no. reason to go I I always made this joke. and said, "People say, 'Oh, you've. always. your films are always so like they're. you just keep making the same hopeful, non-cynical films again and again.'" I. said, >> You say that to you. >> I said, "Yes, you are correct. I I I do. try to take my button off the cynical. default mode button. I try to do that.". But, there's also a version of my career. in which I could be sitting here right. now and saying, "You know, I'm going to.

tell you right now that Forrest Gump 12. is a much better movie than Forrest Gump. 10 or 11 or. >> Yeah. >> And that didn't happen because it it. couldn't sustain anything beyond what we. did. And oddly enough, it's a shame that. these Toy Story movies have numbers. attached to them cuz they just should. have called them the next Toy Story. movie because it warrants the investment. of the audience with the filmmaker. >> Yeah. So, we're not going to get Apollo. 14. That's what we're saying. >> We would answer all the questions left.

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telling us. Uh this. >> Peaked in the '90s, I like to say. [laughter] Peaked in the '90s. >> At this point in your career, when you. walk onto a film set on day one, what's. the one thing that still genuinely. surprises or challenges you? >> Just complete, total terror of. losing the battle against self-loathing. that has to start when you get up get up. in the morning. The test really is of the grand ensemble. of of the crew, the people who are. making the movie every day.

It's hard It's hard work, you know. It. It It can grind you down because if, at. the end of the 47th day of shooting, in. the 14th hour of the day, you still have. to capture an emotional bit of lightning. in a bottle. that is going to last forever, whether. you do it well or not, whether you land. on that level of authenticity that makes. it real or if you just try to just try.

to what Where do you want me to look? You know, what laser point am I supposed. to look at? If you don't If you don't traverse that. barrier, you're a failure. You [laughter] know, you're no good at. your job. And it's not just for me, it's. also for everybody whose job is relying. on the fact that yes, my costume does. reflect the theme of what we're doing. Yes, my hair that Yes, the guy on the. other side of the camera who's lying he. is delivering it when we get his side of.

that he is going to have to get to or. she are going to have to that same. place. So, there remains forever. um a terrifying moment of. am I going to be escorted off the set. and off the lot because the authent- the. authenticity police have dubbed me a. crook, you know, because you don't do it. anymore. So, that that's the great thing that we. all share that. But. >> [laughter]. >> I don't. I just made this movie in Australia. And.

it's the second Greyhound movie. It's. about World War II and I'm a cap- I'm a. commander of a of a destroyer being. attacked and it's you know, it's it's. what is one damn thing after another and. it's hell on the [laughter] high sea. And it's as serious as World War II. itself was, all right? And so, we're. there and I'm doing this and I'm doing. the barking these incredibly complex. orders that I've had to study for weeks. and understand what they actually mean. and get the nomenclature down. And there. was a fellow there playing a seaman, you. know, he's in a sailor suit and he's.

grimy and he's burnt up cuz we've been. under attack. And he's working on the. movie for 2 weeks. And. all those people have a very important. job for those 2 weeks. They have to. inhabit this very specific task again. and again and again and again and again. and again, whether I'm right or not, you. know, whether I blow the blow the lines. or not. And I'm And I'm And I'm doing. He's an Australian Australian fellow and. we're doing it again and again and. again. And he happened to be the guy. that walked through every take, right?

And we were finally done. We did this. thing when All right, we're moving on, we would ring a bell. Ding! All right, we finally got that we get to move on. And when I went ding and rang the bell, he said to me, "Every time I walk by, all I hear is Woody." You know, it's I. said, "All right, that's the. That's the agreement that we made in all. of this and hopefully the suspension of. disbelief that actors and playwrights. and directors and audiences have been. utilizing since Aeschylus wrote plays,

you know, at Epidaurus, hopefully. that'll kick in and the magic will. work.". >> Question here from. H. No other details about this person's. name. You've played so many different roles in. your career. Which of them do you think. you would get on with best in real life? How do you think you would get on with. Woody? >> Oh, no, he'd drive me nuts. No. No, I We. would be in a continuous competition of. who's in charge. It [laughter] would not. It would It would not be good. >> And the voices are so similar. >> And [clears throat] the voice Yeah.

Yeah, and he's taller than I am and. that, you know, >> He stole your act. He stole your act. >> it's Exactly. I would literally say he. he's saying the stuff that's going. through my head. How come he gets credit. for credit for doing this? I would be. sulking, you know, back in the toy box. if I was, you know, a a toy myself. >> It will not surprise you that a huge. number of Aston Villa fans have. >> How about that? >> Well, that's what they'd like. Brendan. would like to know your reaction. >> No, I'm going to tell you something. right now. I don't It's It's a very. It's a very odd route that brought me,

you know, to Villa Park. >> And I have been to Villa Park a number. of times and it there is nothing greater. for an American to have. English Premiership team in locked into. their soul. And I have I have had I. [laughter] have had I've had discussions. with Leeds fans and I just feel sorry. for them because they're not Aston. Villa. But I will also say this, I I you. become a fan of a team for the rest of. your life.

thinking that. once I die they will finally win. >> [laughter]. >> You know, when I'm no longer with us, it. will not happen in my lifetime, but I. will carry I will carry the, you know, this the the claret and the blue for as. long as I can and I will pass it on when. the time comes. And then they will win. the UEFA Cup. And so, yeah, I feel bad that someone who just has. adopted Aston Villa as their team now is.

like, "Well, where do you go now?" You. know, you're going to be disappointed. I. have been living with this grand hope. since I did my first press junket in. England in 1985. in which I fell in love with this team. that I saw on a BBC football scoreboard. You know, they here we are you know, clapping took, you know, Upton Swells. 2-0. >> [laughter]. >> You know, they have all these odd. Queen's Park Rangers took on Crystal. Palace. I said, "Where are these teams?". I have no idea. And then one came up and. it was called Aston Villa. I said, "That.

sounds like an That sounds like an. island off of the Côte d'Azur. It's like. uh Is that what is Is that Is that near. you know, a Portofino? Aston Villa?" And. then so I said, "My favorite team is. Aston Villa because I know it's in. Birmingham, but it sounds like it's in. the middle of the Mediterranean." So, that's how long I've been rooting for. something and all those years it's just. saying, "I'll just hoping I hoping we're. going to avoid Cuz that was just after. they had they had they had lost their. huge success. You. you joined us at the right time.

>> Yeah, we won Europe in '82. So, here we. are again, and here's the great thing. It happened in my lifetime. I'm so. thrilled. >> A friend of this question, by the way, is saying, um, as you know, you've won. in Europe, will John McGinn's Scotland. be your backup team for the [laughter]. World Cup? >> yeah, sure. You bet, you bet. Alas, the. World Cup for me is going to be Greece. because that's where we always are. during the World Cup. >> [snorts]. >> Uh, uh, it's a summertime. It's uh, more. or less summertime. But, I will tell.

you, this odd thing happens in the World. Cup where suddenly we have to be at the. the veranda in time for the kickoff. between Luxembourg and Croatia. >> [laughter]. >> because suddenly those those those I. don't know what to say. Some version of. the ugly mutt team, you know, or the, you know, the the the dog with a cutoff. tail becomes the dog that you're rooting. for in order to win. >> I am watching Suriname and Angola. >> I have to say, if please, Suriname. Please. Please. And this is the thing.

that I I think one of the reasons why. Americans have taken to what you call. football and we call soccer is because. we figured out the great drama. in a 2-1 soccer match going into going. into extra time. We know that our hearts. will either be broken or swell with. pride based on something that might. happen if the ball is just in the right. place at the right time. >> Another super quick one. James Reagan. says, "Like Tom, I'm a lifelong. obsessive of the Second World War. A. simple question, what is his favorite.

tank?". >> Oh, oh my lord. You know, I was amazed. and I asked this question of experts cuz. the American Sherman tank looks like a. toy compared to the Cromwells or the. Panzers and whatnot. I said, "What was. the deal with them?" This guy said, "We. just had a lot more of them.". >> [laughter]. >> Volume. The Sherman tank was a volume. business, you know, not a huge bore, you. know, you know, gun hundred or so. We. just had a lot of them. So, okay, all. right, thank you very much. So, I'm. going to I'm going to say that rounded.

kind of like odd folks typewriter. looking kind of tank that. a lot of people turned up in, you know, whatever had it. >> Uh another one from Delise. Who would. win a table tennis match between Forrest. and Marty Supreme? I think she thinks. Forrest all day long. >> Oh, all day long without a without. without a doubt without a doubt. I mean, Forrest could play Forrest could play. ping pong with both hands. He was. ambidextrous, man, you know. I think it. would be close. >> I think it would be watchable. >> Yeah, very watchable.

>> It would be pay-per-view. >> Oh, oh without Oh, we'd make a fortune. We'd make a We'd make a bloody fortune. But I think you know, I don't know how. much affection you know, Marty Supreme. would do but that He didn't play for a. national team, did he? He was just out. for the money. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, come on, there's something. altruistic there. >> Uh Megan has a question. Do you. think any of the characters you have. played have fundamentally changed you as. a person? >> I think they all have over the the. course of it because um. if if you're lucky, you get involved.

about a year before you start playing it. and you start carrying it around inside. yourself. And the the specific expertise. of a lot of these characters are quite. amazing like Richard Phillips in in. Captain Phillips. >> I think the the best film of the 21st. century. >> bless. God bless. And that came about. because Richard was willing to invest in. me a dispassionate examination of his. absolute being completely worn down to a. granular puddle of a human being by this.

experience. Um and to realize that there was a guy. out there who up to that point was. essentially trying to keep track of all. the union complaints on board his ship. That that's one aspect of it. But I will. I will tell you this that um you don't. have you didn't have uh Mr. Rogers. growing up. And it's a it was a. fascinating a guy to get to know and and. everybody I talked to had nothing but. every single person said both the same. thing about Fred as well as a unique. thing that was just between the two of.

us. And he I didn't consider myself to. be a particularly spiritual man. I have a religion of heritage and you. know, tradition and what what have you but he. said something that I think was. ridiculously profound that I have since. adopted and it only came about because I. played Fred Rogers in the movie. Someone asked him about you know, he was. in a he was an ordained minister. >> Yeah. >> And his his his flock was. a bunch of two and three-year-olds who. are watching his watching his television.

show. And someone asked him someone. asked him about prayer. And he said. he said, "Oh, no, no, no. I I he said I. pray every day.". And they said, "Really? Really? Well, what what is your prayer? How do you. pray?" And he said, "Well, anybody can. pray and it only takes three words. Thank you, God.". I heard that and I said, "This is what. has been missing in my life.". And I that's the way I begin or end or. take a moment comprehensive stock every.

day in order to say those three words. and it covers everything. As in thank. God thank you for this pain in the ass. that I'm dealing with right now or thank. you for this moment of joy that I would. not have had if I were not in the right. place at the right time. >> One from Ellie Jagger. I love this. question. She says, "I'm a piano teacher. and sometimes my students can be so. scared of making mistakes. I keep. telling them we learn through our. mistakes, but I wonder if there's any. examples of mistakes you've made in your. career that felt monumental at the time,

but in hindsight were actually a good. thing.". >> I will say I will say yes. The thing that is oddly cruel is that. people say, "Oh, what was what was your. what was your most what was the best. movie you made?" Or what Now, what and. it all comes down to what was the what. was the most amazing. uh experience that it can go over the. course of those eight months or, you. know, 16 weeks or whatever it is. And even though the film is not known to.

be {quote} {unquote} a commercial hit or. what have you, they are all such profound experiences. of success and failure. >> [laughter]. >> You know what I mean? And I do not watch. these movies after the first time, really, cuz they never change. And there. are there are there are movies that um. have moments in it that I cannot watch. because I didn't get there. And. sometimes these are the big moments. I. simply did not get there, and I know it,

and I was confounded by any number of. things. >> have an example of one of those that's. worth sharing? >> there is a mo- Okay, yeah, I'll tell. you. There There is a moment in. uh that it was painful for me. uh in Cast Away in which I am back and. Chuck is back in Kelly's house, and he. gives her his her watch back. And. there's a moment where I just think. I'm not there. There's a It all it is is a All it is is. a turnaround on me, but I do this.

gesture that I just think is false and. is me and is not Chuck, and it is a. little If the movie is on, I will get up. and leave the room before that scene. comes on. >> when it was happening? >> No, I did not. No, it wasn't until I. actually saw it when it went down. And I. think that Oh, we were just moving on. there, and I. I wasn't there. >> Are you able at least to be able to give. yourself credit when you see something. where you did hit it? >> The only time that that happens is when.

I have no recollection of it whatsoever. The other thing about movies and this go. back to the TV series I was on on. television they called Bosom Buddies and. me and a guy named Peter Scolari was in. it. When I happen to land on a couple of. minutes of an old episode of Bosom. Buddies, I remember all of Peter's. lines. I have no idea what I say next but. because I was watching him do it we were. so close and we were we were so tight. So the only time it happens was I don't. remember doing that. But it's not a.

thing I can't linger on that. I don't. sit there and say oh watch this movie. watch this moment that comes up we we. really nailed that. I look at and I all. I could say is I was cold. You know, it looks like I'm warm. I was. really freezing that day, you know, something like that. Or that beard was. sticky, you know, I can [laughter] say. things like that. >> Tom it's been an absolute pleasure. >> I really enjoyed this. Thank you so. much. >> We had so many questions for you and I. just want to say from all of our. listeners and from ourselves the joy you. brought people and I know it's hard for. you to watch yourself on screen and see.

what it is you're doing but you have. brought people together and the. incredible body of work that you've. done. You've been part of so many. people's lives for so long. Toy Story but also in the incredible. movies you've done and so it's always. nice for us and our listeners just to be. able to say thank you for everything. you've done for us. >> Thank you so much. >> Aren't we aren't we lucky to have this. cuckoo job of ours? You know, it's. >> We don't notice any of your mistakes. >> [clears throat]. >> You know, no matter what's going on. there is a moment in all these movies. when everybody on the set no matter you.

know, what the crew will just kind of. look at each other and say. I would do this for free sandwiches and. haircuts, wouldn't you? And we all sort. of would, yeah. So well thank you very. much. >> Thank you so much. Thank you. >> [music]. >> So they've taken Tom off. That was fun. >> It was though it's funny he mentions. movies you're like oh yeah you know you. did that other iconic one. He's done an. it's extraordinary. He's like a actual. last movie star.

>> Well when we did the question when we're. going through Neil's question when we go. through that list of movies, but then. you think you can go before that and. after it and still have like incredible. list of uh these these movies. But, um. >> of the 1900s as he called it. >> I Yeah, I love that. But, um I love. doing this format where. the listeners ask the questions because. it's you know, it's it's such a lovely. way of doing it cuz we're not No one's. trying to fool anybody. It's just it's. it's it's a really You just get very. interesting things out of people. >> Yeah. And especially with someone like.

that who is all about trying to bring. people together, asking just questions. of the people who've watched the films. is so much better than any form of a. question. >> And he was a dude as well, right? I. mean, right at the end you could see. that. the publicist opened the door just to. make sure that he knew he's on his way. out. And he's he's he's He's wanted to. keep talking, which is so lovely. But, I. know. >> Going back to what somebody said on TV. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. >> Need to look at that on YouTube. >> Um but, yeah, I mean, what a I mean, a. genius as an actor. I said in the middle. of that that I think Captain Phillips is.

the best movie of the 21st century, which I think it is. But, um I know that. people at home will might have a. different opinion on that. >> Well, if you don't think I'm going. straight at home to find the little bit. in Cast Away where supposedly he made a. great mistake. What an icon. That was That was. fantastic. >> a real treat, but but thank you very. much, listeners, cuz genuinely sent so. many questions. I'm sorry if we couldn't. get to yours, but it makes such a. difference. And it it it makes people. sort of realize how, you know, how loved. they are as well. And we like talking to. people who are loved and do things for.

the right reason, right? >> Yeah, absolutely. Thank you so much. And. we will see you next Tuesday. >> See you next Tuesday. >> [music]. [music].