Paul McCartney sends video message for George Clooney’s birthday

On this day, American actor George Clooney celebrated his 64th birthday, and received a video message by Paul McCartney playing his song “When I’m Sixty-Four.”

“No one could be more surprised than me that I’m 64 years old and still getting to do what I love to do,” Clooney says in that practiced, grounded, charming way of his.

Sixty-four, huh? Since he brought it up … Have you queued up the Beatles song since celebrating your birthday this year?

“I actually got a message from Paul, which is pretty cool,” Clooney says, smiling.

Wait. Paul McCartney sent you a message on your birthday?

“Yeah, it was a video of him playing ‘When I’m 64,’” Clooney says. He pauses to let this sink in — maybe for the both of us.

“I never really thought when I was cutting tobacco in Augusta, Ky., that I would meet Paul, much less become friends with him,” Clooney says. “I feel very in awe. In the scheme of people, you look at Michael Jordan as the best to ever play the game. Paul’s got to be in the conversation as one of the greats of all time. So it’s really something to have him call up and do ‘When I’m 64’ for you.”

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