Whereas, if you have a longer scene, then you have momentum to build it up. I thought I sucked, but Chris Weitz is an actor, so he understands that process and that you can get nervous in it, and he can look beyond that. Or, it was just me and I was over-thinking the entire thing.
Moving from an objective statement of fact to a subjective statement of value does not work, because it leaves open questions that have not been answered.