AS3 to make movie clip not play on default?

Question

I created a movie clip that I want to play when a button is
clicked and
stop when another button is clicked.
I have a stop action on the first frame where the 2 buttons
appear and
the movie clips resides. When I test the movie, the movie
clip plays by
default.
How do I set it up so the movie clip does not play until the
user clicks
the play button?
The code I am using:
myPlay_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, playMc);
myStop_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, stopMc);
function playMc(e:MouseEvent):void{
my_mc.play();
function stopMc(e:MouseEvent):void{
my_mc.stop();
Thanks!!!

Answer 1

Not sure if I understand. Where specifically should this be
added to the
code:
myPlay_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, playMc);
myStop_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, stopMc);
function playMc(e:MouseEvent):void{
my_mc.play();
function stopMc(e:MouseEvent):void{
my_mc.stop();
Thanks!