(On preparing for her role as Queen Amidala) "George worked with me a lot, on changing my voice and my movement and the way I carried myself. We worked on this accent that ... kinda goes to old, older generations of actresses who used kind of an unidentifiable accent. `Is it American or is it British?` and I watched Lauren Bacall, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn. If you look at them, their voices and the stature is so regal, even in their everyday characters. And that`s kinda why I used it to model after".
- Natalie Portman(On Lauren Bacall) "She`s a real Joe. You`ll fall in love with her like everybody else."
- Humphrey Bogart(on Lauren Bacall) `Betty` Bacall was the perfect mate for Bogey (Humphrey Bogart) -- beautiful, fair, warm, talented and highly intelligent. She gave as good as she got in the strong personality department. Women and men love her with equal devotion.
- David Niven