Not sure if this qualifies as vintage or classic but it is amusing!

http://www.theimbiber.net/home/the-imbiber-blog/nic-cage-on-competitive-eating

In the not-so-distant past I used to make my living writing about movies. At the same time, I was hoping to make a really good living writing the movies myself. Indeed, I was one of the most pathetic of cliches -- the entertainment journalist who aspired to be a screenwriter. Thankfully, I got over it. So I was reviewing some of my old notes today and found this priceless snippet from an interview I did with Nicolas Cage at a "National Treasure" junket in Beverly Hills. I should point out that at the time of the interview I was working on a comedic screenplay called "Chow Time" about a competitive eater. Note how I deftly steered the conversation into self-serving territory...

Me:  Is there subject matter out there that you’ve yet to tackle, but would like to … I dunno, like, competitive  eating or something like that?

Cage: Competitive eating? What is competitive eating?

Me: You know, the annual Coney Island hot dog eating contest.

Cage: (Laughs) That’s interesting.

Me: Well, something like that. Some unusual subject matter you’ve not done yet.

Cage: That sounds great.

Me: If you got a competitive eating script, you’d be interested?

Cage: That would definitely … I mean, it’s already piquing my interest. Competitive eating, I’ve never heard of that before. It sounds like fun.

Me: There’s a whole subculture out there all over the country. The biggest event is Coney Island. The champ is this little Japanese guy who weighs about 130 pounds and can put down something like 50 hot dogs in 12 minutes.

Cage: What’s this about? I mean, he’s skinny?

Me: 130 pounds.

Cage: What’s the guy have, like, a tapeworm or something? How’s he do it?

Me: Must have a trapdoor in there somewhere.

Cage: That’s wild. Um, yeah, that would be an interesting script to me. That’s a great idea, and I would encourage you to write it. (I laugh) Somebody’s going to take that idea after they read this article. That’s a good one.

Me: Okay, well, when I write it, I’m sending it over to you right away.

Cage: Well, man, I’ll read it, Definitely.