Control key doesn't stop skimming

I understand "skimming" means that when I hover over my clip, the play line will move along it. Often I don't want this, e.g. I need to reach the menu but now the play line will move all around. I've read in different places that holding down the Control key would pause this skimming, but that doesn't do anything for me.
I'm using Mac OS Lion with iMovie 11 on a MacBook, and the Control key does work in other programs, so it's not a broken keyboard.
Can anyone please help? Thanks!

My best advice if you are working on a certain section is to select it by dragging so that a yellow border is around it. Then you can right click it or use the menu bar without changing what is in focus.

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