Tom Cruise says Ben Stiller is his inspiration

Tom Cruise says Ben Stiller is his inspiration.

Tom, who has a cameo as a fat balding studio executive in Ben’s new comedy ‘Tropic Thunder’, loved working with the comic star and has praised his achievements in Hollywood.

He said: "One can't fully appreciate what Ben 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.”

Tom, who worked with Ben on 2000 mockumentary ‘Mission: Improbable’, has also revealed he didn’t hesitate at the chance to team up with him again after Ben described the movie as his “dream project”.

The 46-year-old ‘Top Gun’ star added to Men’s Vogue magazine: "To make a long story short, I read it, I loved it, and we started working on it."

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