ET spoke exclusively to Tom Cruise today at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood where his good friend Will Smith’s hand and foot prints were immortalized in cement. Cruise was in attendance to show support for Smith and spoke to ET about their relationship, “I feel honored to know him and his family. When I get around him I feel inspired. We push each other and we need that. We share that same level of reality and commitment that we have to our craft and to our family. Its fun. Wherever Will Smith is, that’s where the party is!” Cruise tells ET he is even a fan of Smith’s music, “He is an extraordinary artist. When I was doing Born on the 4th of July, his music got me through that picture.”

On if Smith could beat his wife Katie Holmes in a marathon, Cruise laughs, “Kate is fast! I said to Will, ‘she ran a marathon, we’ve got to see if we can’t run a marathon. She did it!’ The day after she ran the marathon I was at the hotel and got in the elevator drenched in sweat and I smelled… I said, ‘Listen, when your wife runs a marathon, you’ve got to get on the treadmill the next day!’”