Daily Inspiration Quote by Gina Gershon

Criticism is supposed to be permanent record; Gershon treats it like weather. “The critics tend to forget their own answers after a while” lands as a cool, actorly shrug at the authority we hand to reviewers, pundits, and anyone who speaks in declarative takes. The line is doing two things at once: puncturing the myth of the critic as consistent arbiter, and quietly re-centering the only timeline that really matters in a performer’s life - the long game.

The word “answers” is the tell. Critics don’t just react; they pronounce. They package a performance into a verdict that pretends to settle the question of worth. Gershon’s subtext is that those verdicts are less like judgments and more like snapshots of a moment: a trend, a mood, an editorial mandate, even a personal bias dressed up as taste. Time passes, the cultural conversation swivels, and yesterday’s “definitive” read evaporates. The critic moves on, often without accountability, while the artist still lives with the review’s residue.

Contextually, this fits an industry where reputations are built on selective memory. Careers get “rediscovered,” maligned performances become cult favorites, and the same publications that once scolded a genre or persona later praise it as groundbreaking. Gershon isn’t arguing that criticism is useless; she’s undercutting its claim to permanence. The power move is emotional: if the critic forgets, the artist doesn’t have to keep carrying it.