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(#9) He Got Offers To Act In Italian Movies After 'Help!'
After the release of the movie Help!, the Beatles achieved another level of fame, launching them from pop stars to superstars. During his interview with McCartney, Stern asked the musician if he got inundated with offers to star in Hollywood movies after appearing in the film.
"I would think you would've been approached to be a movie star," Stern said.
"Hollywood didn't [approach me]," McCartney responded. "But Italy did. This was Romeo and Juliet, which was quite a big movie." An Italian filmmaker approached him to play the part of Romeo, but he turned it down.
"I'm not an actor, I can't do that," he said. "It's Shakespeare, man. I can't do that."
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(#4) His Father Tried To Get Him To Change 'She Loves You'
After his mother's death when he was 14, McCartney said his dad raised him and would often give advice that he would take with a grain of salt. The elder McCartney - a musician as well - advised his son to stay away from John Lennon, and had a bit of advice about a classic Beatles song. Stern said:
[In regard to] "She Loves You" - your dad said, "Forget 'yeah, yeah, yeah.' Do 'yes, yes, yes.'"
McCartney said he all but ignored his father's advice, and the lyric remained. The legend explained that while his father did have musical ability, he didn't have "hip ability."
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(#15) Paul Invited A Stranger Into The Studio To Watch Him Record 'Fixing A Hole'
During the recording of "Fixing A Hole," McCartney encountered a man who claimed he was Jesus, and invited him inside to watch him track the song.
"People would show up at my house," he told Stern, adding how there was no security because people "didn't think like that" at the time.
"He said, 'I'm Jesus,'" McCartney said. "And I said, 'You'd better come in." He was fairly certain the man wasn't Jesus, but didn't want to turn him away.
"Is it okay if he just sits in the corner?" McCartney asked his bandmates, before telling the man to sit in the corner of the studio and stay out of the way. He ended up witnessing the recording of "Fixing a Hole."
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(#12) The Beatles Never Got Together In The Same Room After Breaking Up
In his Stern interview, McCartney admitted Lennon was the one to break up the Beatles. After the band called it quits, they would often visit each other - despite McCartney having a feud with Lennon immediately after. They patched things up, but there was never a time where the four members were in the same room simultaneously.
"We were writing songs at each other, and we got over it luckily," McCartney said of his relationship with Lennon. "I feel very blessed that we got over it. Because if we hadn't, and John goes and gets killed, I don't know how I would've dealt with that."
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(#14) Linda McCartney Sent A Peace Offering To John And Yoko
McCartney's beloved late wife, Linda, attempted to make peace with John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, after the Beatles' dissolution by writing them a letter.
"Did she ever say to you, 'I'm going to go talk to John. I'm going to get this thing back on track'? It seemed like Linda was a peacemaker," Stern asked.
"I think we made certain little advances," McCartney replied. "They were strongly rebuffed. Linda sent them a letter as the peacemaker."
According to McCartney, Lennon got the letter and assumed it was from a fan at first because of her handwriting. Lennon and Ono ultimately rejected the letter, despite Linda's attempts to patch things up.
"She was good like that," McCartney said of his late wife's efforts to save her husband's relationship with Lennon.
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(#11) The Band Always Ignored The Business Side Of Things, Until They Started Getting Ripped Off
During the Beatles' tenure, McCartney admitted they didn't pay much attention to financials and business dealings.
Things changed when they realized they were getting ripped off. McCartney explained:
We'd always just shoved it to one side... With the film A Hard Day's Night, I think we just got a little fee. But the accountants got 3%. And then one of the accountants ran off to Brazil with the money. And what did we do? We welcomed him back.
The bassist added the band was "pretty innocent" when it came to business dealings.
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