If one area I felt it was a tough election was I couldn't see my young son and I couldn't see my wife a lot, but apart from that for her also it was an experience.

In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life.

I was quite able at the insignificant work I did in MI6, but absolutely dysfunctional in my domestic life. I had no experience of fatherhood. I had no example of marital bliss or the family unit.

As an actress, it's part of your job to be able to imagine just about anything - even if it's not within your personal experience.

If you search and search and stop searching, then ultimately you'll find what you need. It is the experience of living.