Entertainment Tonight sat down with Tom Cruise, and spoke with him about his new film “Lions for Lambs”:

On making his first film with the re-vamped United Artist studio, Cruise says, “For it to be the first United Artist film we’re doing, I feel tremendously honored. I wanted to paint a picture that was going to define what I believe is the spirit of United Artist.”

Cruise tells ET about acting alongside Meryl Streep, “It was an absolute joy working with Meryl. I remember saying, ‘I really can’t wait to work with you’ and she said, ‘I hope you’re not disappointed!’”

When asked about working under the direction of Robert Redford, Cruise responds, “I don’t think there could have been a more perfect film for the new UA, (than) with Robert Redford, who is a maverick of cinema. What he has done has changed and defined modern cinema.”