acutely aware of the similarities between my life and susanna isld, but such a wonderful director. her work is so nuanced. it seemed like the right time in life to enter into this world. inost my wife to cancer 1991, so i knew something about that part of the heart, and i knew something about being a father, being a parent, and the script appealed to me, and i then when, not now and it is such a beautiful part of the world. i thought, if you get it right it might have healing qualities to people suffering the onslaught of cancer. tavis: it might have turned out to be healing for others who wriggling, -- struggling, but are was no guarantee it would be good for you. >> it was great. this was a film about love. is not necessarily about cancer and dying. this is about love and hope in people's lives, and all the people in this film are mangled in their own way, searching in their own way, so there was no remorse. there was no sentimentality. this was purely for entertainment value. tavis: the process of you speaking english and everyone around you speaking danish. >> that was more tro