Tom Cruise: 'Inspired' By Ben Stiller

ET has the latest... Tom Cruise writes in Men's Vogue magazine he still feels inspired by Ben Stiller after the two worked together on the big budget Hollywood spoof 'Tropic Thunder,' which hits theaters August 13th. "One can't fully appreciate what he has accomplished in acting, writing, directing, producing, and starring in a film like Tropic Thunder without recognizing that any single one of these functions alone is a full-time job," Cruise, who has a cameo in the movie, tells the fashion mag. Cruise said he had no hesitation when Stiller, 42, approached him to work on the project, which stiller said was a "dream project" he had been working on for more than eight years. "To make a long story short, I read it, I loved it, and we started working on it." (link)