The Best of Max Payne 3 Quotes

The wisdom of Max Payne. A pick of some of the best quotes from the latest Rockstar game.
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[@narutonutty]

The remakes won't be the same without this silky baritone. Rest in Power James McCaffrey, your talent were treasured and will be missed

[@mniakan754]

to me there's only one person who can pull off such a deep voice and it's Mads Mikkelsen (and I want to see him in other stuff too) but no can still top James

[@nani-nr2wv]

Rip man.

[@DutchRapLyrics66]

''I'd been sitting at the bar for three hours, or five years depending on how you looked at things''

[@nsr4interpol]

FlutGames A lot of the quotes from that chapter were great, especially from the intro cutscene.

[@infernoskyful]

"I tried not to look a things..."

[@official_marked_one]

"I tried not to think about when it was that my existence became less about the things that make up peoples lives. Or more about the hole, that losing those things leave behind. But I wasnt doing a very good Job at it..."

[@claytonbigsby3496]

That's fucking poetry

[@haroonabassi1821]

For a legitimate alcoholic and opiate/narcotic addict Max has a very admirable clarity to the way he views things. "I felt like the avenging angel, I looked like a fat bald dude with a bad temper."

[@Headshot110]

''I knew this was a bad idea, but in the absence of any good ideas, I continued forward''.

[@simple-commentator-not-rea7345]

Story of my life. And somehow it worked out. Maybe "bad ideas" is really just an expression for everything that isn't convenient to us. It goes to show that just because we're not comfortable with something, doesn't mean it's bad. Vaccines are a prime example

[@christianzani3024]

Kris Sierkstra in which chapter is it?

[@patrickstarpower758]

Luigi Cristini Chapter 2, I believe. When Max jumps to the window-washing platform.

[@beckyquin8365]

@@simple-commentator-not-rea7345 If your comment is about the covid-19 vaccine, boy you were so wrong. Because it is bad. 💀

[@filthyskrib9984]

@@simple-commentator-not-rea7345 aged like a woman, turns out it was bad and its perfectly normal not to be comfortable with a mass produced drug being pushed by several openly corrupt governments that had been legally proven completely untested on humans and untested against the very sickness it is supposed to fight off stay stupid, stay gullible, most of all; do NOT breed

[@McCallahanIndustries]

"This kind of place made me want to puke. I needed a real drink to cope with the electronic music and robotic people."

[@cameronmcguire1599]

"I stood out in this place like a streetwalker in a monastery"

[@Festias]

Definitely one of the best interpretations of clubs I've ever heard.

[@nsr4interpol]

JIMBOTHY My favourite quote. I know that feel.

[@TheWunWhiteWolf]

Jimbothy...his “Easter Eggs” had more smoke and mirrors than a strip club locker room.

[@RogueMoJo]

Bustin out one of the best quotes for the second chapter.

[@ZombryaTheDark]

This guy is seriously in my top ten favorite protagonists. He is so well written and voiced

[@tdevil101]

And so depressing

[@SoapHavingFun]

+tdevil101 And so drunk

[@SoapHavingFun]

***** Da

[@emulation2369]

he's started to drink and smoke only in the third one

[@nadimnassar7094]

Mine are Aiden Pearce, Max Payne, Vito Scaletta, Joe Barbaro and Wrench from Watch_Dogs 2

[@mrkirios]

_Max takes some painkillers_ "They had their body armor - *I had mine*"

[@endcap]

I am pretty sure he said that when he picked up body armor in the mission he went into the police station.

[@ultrabigfella]

@@endcap it was a joke. And what is the use in responding to a 4 year old comment.

[@joonlv3197]

No Sanctuary u cared enough to respond I guess, so we’re all in the same boat. Although I don’t see the problem?

[@ultrabigfella]

@@joonlv3197 because that reply was recent. Not 4 years old.

[@joonlv3197]

No Sanctuary y should it matter regardless; we all got freedom of speech, let ppl say whatever they want. Even when they’re wrong lol.

[@SakkaraStudios101]

If someone had told me six months ago this was where my life was headed, I'd have ordered a double of what they were drinking, drunk it, then blown my head off.

[@jucedecimus3448]

My favorite quote lmao

[@thewhitewolf58]

Ah the good old max payne charm depression with comic shit talking.

[@_sophies]

You missed one - "I wrote the book on bad ideas, but Passos sure wasn't afraid to quote from it."

[@ben33584]

thats my 2nd favorite

[@morgames5232]

Aw man I was waiting for it lol

[@abramsullivan7764]

Well he actually said I might have written a book about dumb ideas but Passos wasn't afraid to quote from it.

[@channel5980]

Max Payne 3 is probably the most underrated game I have played in my life.

[@chestermarshalltaylor3717]

channel5980 I thought it was pretty popular in 2012?

[@dogtaro5729]

Chester Marshall Taylor It wasn't underrated, but it wasn't popular either. Still sad about it though, such a great game many people missed out on.

[@AngryJT]

Underrated is the complete opposite of what this game is. Unfortunately the multiplayer wasn't stable enough to keep people interested long term.

[@HelioJorgeRodrigues]

@24 Frames 4 million copies for rockstar game is pretty bad!!!

[@FarnhamTheDrunk1]

its not underrated at all ^^

[@arkanjoteixeira]

James McCaffrey is one hell of an actor.

[@ggt47]

Indeed he is

[@danielbold6167]

He the best! No offense to Troy Baker or Nolan North.

[@ggt47]

Jango Fett screw troy. Nolans great.

[@danielbold6167]

Arkanjo Teixeira True.

[@ggt47]

Arkanjo Teixeira I know ,but he's start to great very overrated people say he's a young frank welker ir Mel blanc .

[@BatesKrisbates]

The one line that summarized the character perfectly for me: "Look at me. I'm standin' in a nightclub, listening to music I can't stand. I'm five thousand miles from home. I'm armed and I'm drinking. You don't wanna listen to advice from me, amigo."

[@gotlifez3558]

YEA absolutely i remember this one :D

[@ExUmbra117]

sounds like a modern day Clint Eastwood western

[@shlakenjake]

No, "I had killed more cops than cholesterol"? That line really got me.

[@Name-dw7ix]

My Shirts Never Fit same

[@TheTrailerCREAT0R]

"The way I see it. There's two types of people: those who spend their lives trying to build a future and those who spend their lives trying to rebuild their past"

[@u.s.a3940]

"I was stuck in between"

[@naucs_]

that ones good

[@Crowbars357]

"...at least I'd die being a pain in the ass."

[@Lajos_Kelemen]

Crowbars357 Pain in the butt. Pain to the max.

[@arthurmorgan2906]

You're finito finitos

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

Max Paynis in the butt to the max

[@nsr4interpol]

"I ain't slippin' man. I'm slipped."

[@Bassist2505]

What does it mean really? I'm foreigner and I cannot understand that quote. I guess it's something sarcastic or it may refer to something that I don't know. Or should I have to take it literally?

[@soyspicepod1547]

Jan Pieczonka translation: “I ain’t screwing up man. I’m screwed”

[@Conbonzx]

there isn't no helping me. I'm already gone

[@tailordurden8445]

“Im a bad joke that everybody got but me “

[@slimshady9722]

i'm a bad joke

[@Winabagel23]

They didn't add one of my favorite quotes from Chapter 7: "I was deciding on whether to crash this party or turn back, when my natural grace and finesse made the decision for me. (Knocks over object and alerts enemies)"

[@nasiemrichardson]

I tend to use Max’s voice in my head when I’m thinking about stuff. one of those childhood figures that stick w ya.

[@amartyapandit]

You got as good of a role model as a bodybuilder with a coach who takes more steriods than he produces Maybe mine are similar

[@PlayableCharakter]

It remained in me since 2001

[@iconofsin5886]

I am the same way. Such a good narrating voice.

[@ShaneFlett]

If ghosts and spirits could listen to thought, you'd be entertaining to listen too

[@pr0f3ta_yt]

It’s now I read Grath Ennis Punisher MAX character

[@getyapaper]

One of my favorite quotes: "A barely recovering alcoholic and an unarmed pregnant woman. We were hardly a SEAL team."

[@therealdyl4167]

You forgot my favorite one, "The smart move would've been sticking with Da Silva and heading straight to the hangar. But I wasn't about smart moves, I'm a dumb move guy. Hey Max why don't we just drive straight to the hangar? No thanks, I'll just head straight through the main entrance. I'll put a big shit - eating grin on my face and let these assholes take turns trying to kill me. That was my style, and it's too late in the day to hope for change."

[@watchALLthethings]

"One of my bullets is buried down there with her. I tell myself it was a tragic misunderstanding, an awful mistake. I tell myself a lot of things. All of it crap."

[@pinata5199]

YOU WANNA END UP UNDERGROUND WITH THE REST OF THEM? LET'S MOVE!

[@YABUKIJOE2077]

Pretty sad :/

[@dman5527x]

"The fact was, it was either her or mona. And I made a very bad call. This was one of my choices I buried deeper than the rest."

[@tomaswilson5588]

Rest peacefully, James McCaffrey, you really brought Max to life and this performance couldn't have been a better send off for the character.

[@syahmieshahar1679]

"The way I see it.. there're two types of people: those who spend their lives trying to build a future. And those who spend their lives trying to rebuild the past." - Max Payne

[@atikejder1122]

For too long, I'd been stuck in between, hidden in the dark.

[@syahmieshahar1679]

@@atikejder1122 you will come out of it. It's not a matter of 'if', it's a matter of 'when'.

[@Weddo98]

"No one would be rebooting his system, poor bastard" I almost choked at that part lol

[@aria5149]

100% Bosnian how is that funny?

[@shamoney5846]

😂😂 bc he was a computer geek

[@stanleybochenek1862]

He really is a poor bastard, The dudes dead.

[@felixc.3444]

That’s why I love Max, he at the very core is a righteous and caring man who is also witty and blunt with his one liners to cope

[@anthonydelange4128]

it works super well if u remember that chapter that he was the IT guy that had to reset security so shutters could close damn I love this game.

[@Jobus95]

"i had chosen to be here, i wanted this. Was it redemption? Not really, just pathetic desperation, and not much else"

[@MaxZusm]

"Haven't you figured out, I DON'T SPEAK YOUR FUCKIN LANGUAGE!?"

[@jdsadinger]

#1

[@thepunisher236169]

The game you'd like to play 1000 times over and over.

[@danielbold6167]

Yes, that or Red dead Redemption. Max Payne and John Marston are the greatest video game characters with a good dose of wisdom.

[@thepunisher236169]

Jango Fett Amongst the best.

[@cor.tenebrarum]

True,true. I've beaten it over 20 times and it never gets old. Universal masterpiece. I like it even better than first two and it's pure blast to play. Fu*k haters.

[@danielbold6167]

Max Payne I'm with ya bud.

[@Cucerescmunti]

Yea. Why all the hate. It's different but good different.

[@Kid_Ying]

"I was still alive. And still not all that happy about it." Truer words never spoken.

[@petealoisi7350]

Marcelo was a good-time guy if your idea of a 'good time' was a fancy suit, a bottle of champagne and nothing between the ears.

[@averyangrygringo6440]

But he didn't deserve such a horrible death in the game 😪

[@somebodyhere660]

RIP James McCaffrey. What a tremendous legacy he left as Max.

[@subho9000]

"I was wondering if my luck was finally about to run out, when I realized, it had, a long time ago. That's why I was here."

[@FlyAwayN0w]

Here's thinking why Max didn't become an author.

[@wills.e.e8014]

I bet the title of his book would be "A Fool With A Lot To Lose" If he wanted to write about his life.

[@abhaypandey4889]

Nah, It would definitely be named An Armed Gringo.

[@ell6122]

This is definitely the darkest, and also the funniest in the series

[@isiahalcindor6278]

Because its Max at his brightest like he said its when I'm at my worst is when I'm at my best

[@UberDeMon1]

This game series and the character in general is pure gold. People are waiting for RDR2 and gta6 to comeout and here i am waiting for max payne 4.

[@shivanshsingh218]

Bro u are not alone. I am also eager to find out what more tragedies are about to come to max fucking payne

[@INFEKCIA0PREVENCIA]

The series is done. Max had his ending and Max Payne 4 is very unlikely to happend in the near future

[@ArmanAnsari-xp]

@@INFEKCIA0PREVENCIA I'm agree , it's the best ending that actually he deserves !!

[@Pipsintheair]

@Adam Jensen nah because max went on vacation and chill of all the shit he has been through

[@UberDeMon1]

@@NickGould50687 hell yeah dude! 3 years later , still waiting for Max any day now.. to come walking in over the horizon.. lol

[@thegooseman90]

I love Max' s cynicism and dry humor in MP3.

[@The_Whistlingman56]

Me too

[@B1G_Dave]

"A drinker eats when he's loaded. A real drunk eats when he's not."

[@rishabhrockstar5739]

James McCafferty deserved a damn oscar for his voice acting

[@sakarintannoy8850]

*NO!* You forgot: "First day off the sauce, and somehow I still ended up in the gutter."

[@BirdGang6]

He’s one of the wittiest characters ever created and I always appreciated his dry humor

[@summocommentaction3273]

Theres one line I can't find anywhere on KZbin: "when things were at their worst, I was at my best."

[@Firespectrum122]

I really like how this game feels like a 1930s Noir film. The edgy monologues and self-effacing one-liners are so well written.

[@expendableround6186]

Knowing about Max's mental wear and tear makes his loss of eloquence more reasonable.

[@sparkyak213]

"a barely recovering alcoholic and an unarmed pregnant woman, we were hardly a seal team" lol favourite quote

[@JoJo-xp6wr]

The way he described the rich people at the beginning of the game was pure sass and magnificence

[@jorgebersabe293]

Max Payne is also another embodiment of the saying: "Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young."

[@Weddo98]

"This place has more smoke 'n mirrors than a strip club dressing room"

[@superbikeaborad]

I loved Max Payne 3

[@adrnacad3434]

R.I.P James Mcaffrey. Fans are all now as depressed as Max Payne.

[@someyorkguy1683]

"It felt like my vacation was coming to an end, only I wasn't heading home with a sunburn, a bag full of duty free and a dose of VD. I was making a bet that would put me in handcuffs or a body bag."

[@faridkazem6722]

Why can't Max Payne be siri?

[@maaniekgupta2787]

RIP James. Could never had enough of your voice.

[@bradleyroub5299]

Always loved the line " I had a hole in my 2nd favorite drinking arm" 😂

[@Tommisatta91]

"It was monday afternoon. And i'd already been thrown out of a party, gone to a stripclub and gotten to a barfight... This latest midlife crisis was certainly ticking all the boxes.." lost it there

[@pappsism]

RIP James McCaffrey Thank you for making our childhood so memorable ❤

[@Kortifex]

My favorite quote when he picked up some Pills "They Didn't help with my sea legs but they sure as shit felt good" that should've been in this video lol

[@Rootbeeroverseer]

The quote he says when he finally plays his theme is chillingly symbolic. The theme captures everything he's experienced perfectly, and him having just something to collect it all in have him that harmony.

[@tonyk5927]

RIP James McCafferey 😔 Since childhood one of the goats Max Payne

[@foggyvhs8790]

Damn growing up on Max Payne and Spawn made me an edgy kid

[@hannan2619]

Then play as Arthur Morgan in Red Dead 2.

[@acehood9953]

'Man, I was guessing these guys didn't spend their spare time studying the Geneva Convention." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Countertactical]

And there it was.... The soundtrack to my life......

[@fares.pattedefruit]

RIP James McCaffrey, such a talented voice actor

[@justrok79]

Rockstar needs to remaster this trilogy as well Edit: after GTA I changed my mind.

[@iconofsin5886]

They actually are remastering it, but giving it a full makeover and overhaul. It will be better compared to the GTA ones.

[@thebadwolf3088]

@@iconofsin5886 currently cancelled. (Most likely stored, just like Bully 2... Let's just hope it won't be abandoned like the latter)

[@EternallyBlu]

Remedy is remaking 1 and 2 with Rockstar's permission and none of their involvement.

[@saintpepsi8602]

Rockstar didn't remaster GTA

[@stagdragon3978]

been pretty depressed coming home today. Felt like I was quite the useless member of society. Max was always one I could vibe with when I was feeling down.

[@2inder2hundal]

"No one would be rebooting his system now"

[@Thrashaero]

xD

[@chaoticiannunez2419]

Rest in Peace, James McCaffrey. You will be missed.

[@apputaiparambil]

Most tragic video game protagonist ever.

[@KrimsonKing44]

I would have taken a Max Payne 4 over any bullshit GTA online update. Rest in Peace James McCaffery 💔

[@carterjeremy89]

".. and what kind of people were they? People who knew if they'd drink enough, they wouldn't have to feel guilty about their good fortune."

[@JesusMicSmiter]

"Time moves forward and nothing changes"

[@Leoooooonardo]

R.i.p legend

[@Niall-jd8zw]

"I had a hole in my second faverioute drinking arm" perfect line imo

[@kelbsonw.cavalcante6844]

James Mcaffrey's voice changed my life, and helped me through tough times. I will always come back to this quotes to revive his memory and strength. Rip, legend.

[@AuroraAustralis_]

One of my favourite scenes is when Max confronts the surgeon and you can hear the horrified anger in his voice, "What have you been *DOING?!* "

[@omegatron45]

My favorite is towards the end when he's about to face Becker. "The mission was screaming suicide but I didn't give a damn. At least I'd die being a pain in the ass" Couldn't stop laughing!

[@johnnyking5145]

RIP to James McCaffrey aka Max Payne amazing voice actor

[@iansuess160]

"I had a hole in my second favorite drinking arm"

[@alharthy50]

Literally the most badass character in video game history

[@jihigh482]

You should read the definition of 'literally' again. You and a few thousand other people....

[@headshotmaster138]

​@@jihigh482no one cares.

[@tonym1712]

​@@jihigh482You should

[@Nerdy_Elliot]

Rest in Power, King

[@PythonsPrologue]

"I knew it was a bad idea, but in the absence of any good ideas, I continued forward"

[@johnniewalker7499]

Rest in Peace James

[@heroman2372]

I'm surrounded by music i can't stand, I'm 5000 miles from home, I'm armed, and I'm drinking. I don't think you'd like my advice.

[@acfanboy1997]

*read with Max's voice* I sat at my computer, wondering what I was doing, wasting my precious life like an alcoholic lying on the floor of his rundown apartment room suffering from a massive hangover. Then like an old stern blacksmith smashing his hammer against a sword fresh out of his forge, it hit me; it was because of porn.

[@zaidabraham7310]

*if you like Pornhub, you'll love Pornhub live* "There it was, the soundtrack to my life...".

[@Glace1221]

"Baghdad with g-strings". "Stripper ~ cake"

[@MartIn-zq3wr]

Rip James..we will never forget you.

[@xaioxaio11]

My favorite quote is "I had killed more cops than cholesterol." Took me a while to get it but when I did, I was laughing DAMN hard.

[@PipeBomb416]

RIP James McCaffrey

[@lethalweapon626]

R.I.P. to the legendary voice of Max Payne, James McCaffrey! May you rest in heaven!

[@GaunterODimm2]

'No one would be rebooting his system'. That line always makes me have a senisble chuckle, ngl.

[@PlayableCharakter]

James McCafferey was waiting for this moment. Too bad this game has not been out sometime today. It would certainly get to the great attention of fans. Like Roger Clark from RDR2.

[@thewhitewolf58]

I love maxes depressed shit talking quotes

[@Savant617]

game was infuckingcredible

[@frankcastle492]

Man this voice actor is awesome, loved him in Control.

[@Kempbadbrains]

So what am I, the button pusher?

[@danielbold6167]

Max fucking Payne "Yeah, you're so good at it. Good job."

[@Klausinator451]

@@danielbold6167 beat me to it by 9 months. You ever play Alan Wake?

[@Klausinator451]

@@danielbold6167 Remedy didn't make this one but they did make the first 2. Love that company. Next game seems interesting

[@danielbold6167]

@@Klausinator451 One of the best developers out there. I will give you that.

[@mayanksaluja846]

Max payne is one of my favourite games ever . All the parts of this game were amazing with great story line and action.

[@garrettoliva5154]

I like to think max is telling this to people in hell.

[@summocommentaction3273]

Garrett Oliva I've always imagined he was writing an autobiography of sorts and maybe someday in a final installment we'd get to see him typing on a computer the final pages of it just before hitting print

[@BloodyRoastBeef]

"A fat bald dude with a bad temper" I found myself with a constant shit-eating grin during my playthroughs of this series (in particular this one). McCaffrey´s gotta have the best narrating voice ever and Max Payne´s gotta be the most miserable protagonist ever! xD I could probably make a video with hundreds of quotes from this bloak. I fuckin love this franchise!

[@Mouselord96]

RIP James Mccafery. We will miss you. You will always be the voice of Max Payne for me.

[@mzovbutboring2247]

And, for a few seconds, came harmony.

[@Rbeals2012]

Rip James !🙏🏾 *Insert dark yet humorous Max Payne quote*

[@Airmylez]

I love the pessimistic similes so damn much... "Made the NYPD look like the Hare Krishnas" is a personal favourite of mine. xD

[@Fitzpatrick65]

When he was finally able to play it. I was bawling like a baby.