Graham Moore used his acceptance speech at the 87th Academy Awards to reveal that he attempted suicide as an awkward, unhappy teenager. Moore won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for The Imitation Game and the screenwriter noted the parallels between his own life and the tragic story of mathematician Alan Turing. 

The Imitation GameBenedict Cumberbatch played Alan Turing in The Imitation Game

"When I 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.

"And now I'm standing here," he continued. 

"I would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she's weird or she's different or she doesn't fit in anywhere," he said. "Yes you do. I promise you do. You do. Stay weird. Stay different. And then when it's your turn and you are standing on the stage, please pass the same message to the next person who comes along."

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Moore noted that Turing never got the chance to stand on-stage and accept an honor for his code-breaking work during World War II. "And that's the most unfair thing I think I've ever heard," he said.

Turing committed suicide in 1954 after being prosecuted for being gay by the British government and undergoing chemical castration. 

The Imitation Game was nominated for eight Oscars at the Academy Awards, though Moore was the sole winner. Benedict Cumberbatch lost out to his good friend Eddie Redmayne who won Best Actor for his stirring performance as Dr Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything. However, the night belonged to Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu who won best director, with Birdman winning best picture.

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