Gordon Kennedy

Gordon Kennedy:(About filming in Budapest) The Caledonia is one of my favourite haunts and stops me being homesick when I'm in Budapest filming for six months at a time.It was surreal when I walked into the bar for the first time and realised they had Belhaven on tap, which is brewed just a few miles down the road from where I grew up in Tranent, East Lothian.I thought, 'Wahey, I've hit the jackpot'. Especially when I saw there was haggis on the menu.

Gordon Kennedy: I don't mind keeping my hair long as it is cheaper than having a mid-life crisis and buying a Ferrari but I don't like the beard. I had my last shave for eight months yesterday. It feels like an invasion of my facial space. I hate it.

Gordon Kennedy: The production company, we're still making comedies, working on a couple of things for BBC Scotland, and hopefully making something for ITV later in the year, and developing dramas. I've never seen the difference between performing and producing. It's all about the script and development and in terms of acting, it's trying to convince somebody you're a commissionaire, convince somebody you're a grieving father…the processes are exactly the same. You've got to convince people that you're someone that you're not. I've never seen the difference, and I never will, I'm afraid.