Maximilian «Max» Bercovicz – Character Quotes

I'm already a dead man. At least give me the chance to settle the debt that I owe to you. I'll never make it before the investigating committee. They're scared to death I'll implicate the whole bunch of them. They gotta get rid of me. Today is as good a day as any. You do it, Noodles. You're the only person I can accept it from.

I took away your whole life from you. I've been living in your place. I took everything. I took your money. I took your girl. All I left for you was 35 years of grief over having killed me. Now, why don't you shoot?

— It's true, I have killed people, Mr. Bailey. Sometimes to defend myself, sometimes for money. And many people used to come to us. Business partners, rivals, lovers. Some of the jobs we took and some we didn't. Yours is one we would never touch, Mr. Bailey.
— Is this your way of getting revenge?
— No. It's just the way I see things.

Ladies and gents, I drink to the demise of Fat Moe's speakeasy. Who the hell wants to drink here legally anyway?

This country is still growing up. Certain diseases it's better to have when you're still young.

— It's 10:25 and I've got nothing left to lose. When you've been betrayed by a friend, you hit back. Do it.
— You see, Mr. Secretary... I have a story also. A little simpler than yours. Many years ago I had a friend, a dear friend. I turned him in to save his life, but he was killed. But he wanted it that way. It was a great friendship. It went bad for him and it went bad for me too.