But he now admits that the taunt that stung most was inflicted well before he acquired a politician's thick skin.
Studios that were suffering six-figure losses before he acquired them are now in profit and film-makers are plying their trade in south-west London.
Peter Davis - his name before he acquired the title - had a major hand in turning Labour into an election-winning machine during the Wil son years.
Eminem, who is white, acknowledged that the lyrics were his but described them as the product of adolescent heartbreak, written before he acquired his fame.
Mr. Signoles, now 62, said he had been contemplating retirement from the fashion industry before he acquired Goyard, but he shows no sign of intending, for now, to step away from his hands-on, highly personal relationship with the business.
As far as redesign goes - and Mr. Zuckerman was fairly determined to initiate one even before he acquired the magazine 18 months ago - the major concern was that the core subscribers, who were considered above average in loyalty, would be turned off.
Paramount has insightfully included the early Martin and Lewis film "The Stooge" (1953), which finds Mr. Lewis imagining his erstwhile partner as his own sinister alter ego, well before he acquired creative control of his work.
By Mr. Ross's account, Ms. Kennedy told Ms. Grann of his plans for Newton Knight, around whom he was trying to build a movie even before he acquired Ms. Bynum's book in a deal with two less-seasoned producers, Bruce Nachbar and T. G. Herrington, who had already optioned it for film.
