Being bad at stuff is hard, and we all deal with it every day because we're all bad at stuff. Graham Moore More Quotes by Graham Moore More Quotes From Graham Moore I would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she doesn't fit in anywhere. You do. Stay weird. Stay different, and then when it's your turn and you are standing on this stage please pass the same message along. Graham Moore differentmessageskids Stay Weird, Stay Different. Graham Moore being-weirddifferent When I was 16 years old I tried to kill myself because I felt different and that I didn't belong. Now I'm here, and I want this moment to be for that kid who feels weird or different. Stay weird, stay different. Graham Moore differentkidsyears Amazing, really, to think of what a man could achieve with the simple ability to put pen to paper and spin a decent yarn. Graham Moore simplementhinking There is an undeniable exhilaration in moment of even the smallest discovery Graham Moore exhilarationmomentsdiscovery Love grew commendably dependable - love was eggs, love was ham, love was the morning paper. Graham Moore hameggsmorning I believe in traditions; I believe in the idea of things being passed between generations and the slow transmission of cultural values through tradition. Graham Moore slowi-believetraditionbelieve When you use the language of 'fact checking' to talk about a film, I think you're sort of fundamentally misunderstanding how art works. You don't fact check Monet's 'Water Lilies.' That's not what water lilies look like; that's what the sensation of experiencing water lilies feel like. That's the goal of the piece. Graham Moore lookyouwaterart Space camp was actually, like, the best summer of my life. It was amazing. But I thought I wanted to be a computer programmer, and among computer science folks, Turing is this object of cult-like fascination. Graham Moore my-lifebestlifescience I had been a lifelong Alan Turing obsessive. Among incredibly nerdy teenagers, without a lot of friends, Alan Turing was always this luminary figure we'd all look up to. Graham Moore withoutlookalwaysfriends Turing was always a legend among computer/geeky kids. He was such an outsider in his own time, and because of that, he was able to see things differently. It was a story that had been well told in books, onstage and on TV, but never on film. Graham Moore legendstorynevertime 'The Imitation Game' is a celebration of Alan Turing's life and legacy, and Joan's final monologue is our eulogy. It's the thing we all wished we could have said to him. Graham Moore gamelegacysaidlife I feel very Midwestern at my core. Graham Moore veryi-feelfeelcore I liked Columbia, but it was like high school in that there was this big social world that I was not part of. I existed on the side, far away. That might be temperamental, my own fear of large groups, more than anything else. But I had a handful of professors who meant a lot to me. Graham Moore mefearworldschool My mother, she worked in the mayor's office in Chicago when I was growing up and has been in democratic politics for a long time. Graham Moore politicsmothertimelong I was a sound engineer. That was my day job when I started writing. Graham Moore jobdaysoundwriting I like historical things; I like researching things. Graham Moore researchingthingslikehistorical The representation of gay characters on screen is important for us all to think about because there are sadly too few representations of gay characters on screen in mainstream cinema. If Marvel starts making movies about gay superheroes, then we'll be in a really great place. We're not at that place. Graham Moore greatthinkcinemagay I had first heard about Alan Turing when I was a teenager. I've known about him since I was a kid, and I always wanted to write about him. Graham Moore writefirstkidalways When I was a teenager, I was a huge computer nerd. I went to computer programming camp. I went to space camp. Graham Moore programmingnerdcomputerspace
