Padmé was always uncomfortable with the J3di and the way they were, and found them pretty unpleasant to be around at most times. Granted this did nothing to waver her unrelenting faith and trust in them and their authority (apart from when it comes to Anakin.) though it does give us a personal insight on how she views them. It’s clear that to Padmé, the J3di are only valued associates of diplomatic efforts and democracy, not people she’d particularly want to befriend. Qui-Gon came close to changing this outlook of hers, and he was truly the only J3di Padmé actually liked and would have considered her real friend, because he wasn’t stuck up like the rest of them.
(…) she had met several J*di already, and she found their manner unsettling. Perhaps if Master Qui-Gon had lived, she would feel differently. She would certainly be pleased to call him a friend, and would have been hopeful to treat with him as an ally. Theirs had been an odd relationship: she hadn't fooled him for a moment, but he had allowed her to continue fooling everyone else, which she had appreciated, as it helped preserve her own life. She knew she was not the only person on Naboo who lit a stick of incense for him at the yearly memorial for those who had fallen in defense of the planet. - Queen’s Shadow, EKJ.
I swear, Qui-Gon and Padmé’s bantering dynamic in TPM is slept on. Their mix between annoyance and admiration for one another, the push and pull of hating and loving one another is such a treat to see. It makes sense why both Anakin and Padmé were so attached to him and developed a life lasting respect and love for him, to the point where they still mention him years later.
“Qui-Gon disregarded the Council quite often," she retorted.” “He told me so, on Tatooine. He said it was the height of folly to substitute someone else's judgment for your own, when you're the person best placed to decide." Picking up her cup again, she took a small sip of tea. "I'd be very surprised if he never gave you the same advice, (…)” - Wild Space, Karen Miller
(The Clone Wars, 2003.)