Graham Moore gave the best Oscar speech of the night – advises people to ‘Stay weird’
This just blew me away.
When Graham Moore’s name was announced as the winner of the best adapted screenplay category at the Academy Awards on Sunday and the Oscar was presented to Moore by Oprah Winfrey.
Moore took the stage, thanked his collaborators on The Imitation Game then got deeply personal in a speech that resulted on a standing ovation.
‘When was was 16 years old I tried to kill myself because I felt weird and I felt different and I felt like I did not belong,’ said Moore who is now in his early 30s.
‘And now, I’m standing here. And so I would like this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she’s weird or she’s different and she doesn’t fit in anywhere. Yes, you do. Stay weird and stay different.’
The film he wrote, The Imitation Game, is about based on the biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges.
Turing was a key figure in cracking Nazi Germany’s naval Enigma code which helped the Allies win the Second World War, only to later be criminally prosecuted for his homosexuality.
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K. Martinez says:
He definitely gave a wonderful acceptance speech. I also loved Patricia Arquette’s speech as well. As for winners, I was thrilled that Julianne Moore and Patricia Arquette won in their categories.