Cruise 'inspired' by Stiller

Tom Cruise has praised his 'Tropic Thunder' co-star and director Ben Stiller, saying he is ’inspired’ by him.

“Working with Ben has always been easy,” Tom writes in Men’s Vogue.

“I feel inspired around him. As a director, he both knows what he wants and is willing to embrace contributions from his actors and writers and producers - from his whole team – yet he never loses sight of what his story needs.”

Tom plays studio executive Les Grossman in the comedy.

“To make a long story short, I read it, I loved it, and we started working on it,” Tom writes of the movie, which comes out in Ireland on September 19.