Sarah Jessica Parker believes in experiencing the moment rather than documenting it.

In a clip from the actress’s recent appearance on The Howard Stern Show, which was posted on YouTube on Tuesday, June 10, the Sex and the City star revealed her reluctance to accept fans’ selfie requests. Parker, 60, described a recent incident in which a fan requested a selfie at the airport.

“So here’s what I’ve been trying to do: I was just at the airport on Friday,” she told me. “A woman approached me and said, ‘Can I snap your picture?’ rather than saying hi. I responded, ‘We didn’t even meet. You did not even introduce yourself.” What is your name?”

Parker proposed that the two talk instead of taking a photo after discovering the fan’s name was Julie. “I guarantee you it’s going to be so much more meaningful,” she told herself.

Parker eventually caught up with Julie after she had calmed her family with dinner.

Stern responded, “It’s as if you’re a schoolteacher telling everyone how to act.” It’s f—— annoying, right?”

Parker said that while it’s not annoying, it can be scary when people rush to take her picture.

“Here’s the thing: I prefer it to somebody walking up to me with a camera already ready, asking as they’re clicking,” she pointed out. “I’m constantly astonished by it. I’d rather have a discussion, for someone to approach me and say, ‘Maybe this isn’t your finest moment. My name is Veronica. I’m just here, and I’m delighted to see you.'”

The Hocus Pocus actor, who is married to Matthew Broderick and has three children with him, prefers to keep her personal life private. However, she did provide a rare glimpse into the guidance she gives her children, son James Wilkie, 22, and twin daughters Tabitha Hodge and Marion Loretta Elwell, 15.

Parker, who spoke on The E! News Sitdown with Bruce Bozzi last month, revealed that she wants her children to gravitate toward jobs that interest them.

“You want for them to be pursuing things that are exciting and challenging and hard and gratifying and to be able to ultimately take care of themselves and support themselves—emotionally and financially—and that they can be in the world and be a reliable person to themselves and to other people,” she told me. “And so we talk about work like that.”