我为何要倒一杯威士忌

I NEVER EXPECTED I’d be directing a film at my age. I’d never even thought about directing a film before. But my friend David Ashton — who writes the radio series I’m in, McLevy — had this script, and his producer Neil Zeiger (another old friend) said, “Brian, you’re going to direct this.” I went: “What? Why?” I was knocked sideways. But because I knew David’s writing so well, Neil thought I was the man to bring it to life. And I loved the script. It’s all-embracing: sad, funny, very Scottish. There’s a lot of Scots owning up to their emotions — something that’s very hard for us. …