Young Sheldon Behind-The-Scenes Moments That Make Us Love The Show Even More

Annie Potts portrayed many iconic characters before playing Sheldon's beloved Meemaw, including Mary Jo Shively in "Designing Women," Janine Melnitz in "Ghostbusters," and Iona in "Pretty in Pink." But more importantly to her young costars, she's the voice of Bo Peep, Woody the cowboy's love interest in the "Toy Story" franchise. Early on, Potts often entertained her onscreen grandchildren with offscreen impersonations of the cartoon toy — one of the many ways in which she functions as a surrogate grandmother to her young costars.

Potts joined Iain Armitage for an interview with Access Hollywood 2019, in which hosts Mario Lopez and Kit Hoover asked the child star whether he was familiar with his co-star's previous TV hit, "Designing Women." Considering that he was born 15 years after the show ended, he hadn't exactly had a chance to check it out. He was familiar with the "Toy Story" movies, though, and when Lopez and Hoover asked Potts if she'd ever done the Bo Peep voice for him, she replied, "Oh, he hears it all the time," before delivering a "C'mon, Woody" in the character's distinctive timbre.

In a 2018 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Potts spoke about the joys of playing a grandmother. "The children are so delicious," she joked. "They're very sweet and innocent. And they're in my lap and all over me, kissing me, hugging me, telling me they love me all day long. And I get paid for that."