Oscars 2015: Patricia Arquette's Wage Equality Speech Applauded And Supported By Democratic Lawmakers

From J.K. Simmons to Common, to Patricia Arquette, the acceptance speeches at the 2015 Academy Awards were all moving. But while all of them received wide social media attention, the "Boyhood" actress' call for wage equality had democratic lawmakers applauding.

After winning the award for Best Supporting Actress on Sunday night, Arquette spoke about women's rights and equality, The Hill reported.

"To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else's equal rights. It's our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America!" she said, as fellow nominee Meryl Streep and others in the audience stood up and applauded.

Following the 46-year-old's remarks, House Democrats took to Twitter to cheer and voice their support for the idea.

In other inspiring speeches, director Dana Perry spoke about suicide after accepting the award "Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1" was given for Best Documentary Short Subject.

"I lost my son. He was 15 when he killed himself and since that happened, I said something like, we need to talk about suicide out loud to try to work against the stigma and silence around suicide because the best prevention for suicide is awareness and discussion and not trying sweep it under the rug," she said.

Graham Moore, who won the Best Adapted Screenplay award for "The Imitation Game" spoke about his inspiration and motivation for working on the film.

"When I was 16 years old, I tried to kill myself. I felt weird and different and felt like I didn't belong. Now I'm standing here. This is for any kid out there who doesn't feel like they belong, because you do," Moore said. "Stay weird, stay different."

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