Toy Story 4 brings Pixar's beloved film franchise, as well as star Tom Hanks' 24-year association with the character Woody, to an end.

While appearing on BBC America's The Graham Norton Show, Tom Hanks recalled his last day of recording dialogue for the fourth installment, as well as how bittersweet it was to end his iconic portrayal of the character recording miscellaneous pick-up dialogue.

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"It was terrible," explained Hanks. "I started recording Woody in '91. That's when we actually got together to do the first one. You record these things over about four years. You go in about every eight months and deliver everything the writers have come up with.

"The last session I thought was just odds and ends," he continued. "You have to do a little bit of this reel and a little bit of that. But I was in the same studio, with the same microphone, with the same glass. And then they said, 'Okay, great. Thanks!' And just like, twenty or however many years were over."

Hanks has starred as the cowboy toy Woody for all four feature films, as well as numerous short films and television specials, with his brother Jim Hanks voicing the character for video game appearances. Having recording the character's lines for 28 years, Hanks wanted to end his tenure with the franchise on a more momentous note.

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"And I had to say, 'Wait, wait. Guys, there's gotta be...there's gotta be something else you need.' And they said, 'Nope, we pretty much got it all,'" reflected Hanks. "And the only thing to do was to get in my car and drive away. I heard the music and the sun was going down and the credits were rolling on my life."

Directed by Josh Cooley, Toy Story 4 stars Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Keanu Reeves, Annie Potts, Don Rickles, Estelle Harris, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Jeff Pidgeon, Blake Clark, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele and Tony Hale.

(via CinemaBlend)