On her favorite part about playing Paylor: "My favorite part about playing the character was probably tapping into her strong fierceness, her fearlessness. You don’t get to see it a lot on film, women being able to be strong and complicated and doing things like that, and so that was the thing I was really excited to get the opportunity to do."
On how she hopes her character inspires young women: "I hope that it inspires them to have a voice and stand up for what they believe in and that you don’t have to sit pretty in a corner."
On how Paylor is a lot like Katniss: "I think that she is like Katniss in the way that they stand up for what they believe in. They have a way with people. They can stand in front of a crowd and really command attention. I think that’s one of the things in the film where Katniss gets to watch Commander Paylor do her thing. In Mockingjay — Part 1, you were able to see Katniss do her thing, and so it’s nice they have a comrade and it’s really great. She looks up to her as well."
