Oscar Winner Graham Moore: 'I'm Not Gay'

Graham Moore gave one of the most memorable and touching acceptance speeches after the 2015 Oscars last night – and afterwards, talked to reporters and clarified that he isn’t gay.

“I’m not gay, but I’ve never talked publicly about depression before or any of that and that was so much of what the movie was about and it was one of the things that drew me to Alan Turing so much,” Graham told BuzzFeed. “I think we all feel like weirdos for different reasons. Alan had his share of them and I had my own and that’s what always moved me so much about his story.”

As for the speech, Graham did have it loosely planned out. “I am incredibly superstitious, so I had it loosely in my head. It’s the kind of thing that I’ve imagined since I was a teenager. It was weird to get on the stage and say the things that I’ve been imagining in the shower and in front of mirrors. I think everyone practices their Oscars acceptance speech with a shampoo bottle and I’ve done my fair share of them. It’s really surreal to be able to do it in real life.”

Watch Graham‘s speech in case you missed it, and see a gallery of photos of Graham at the Oscars last night…