Controlling MovieClip Boolean from stage.

[Bourkster]

I have a small actionscript problem. My final one until my game is complete.

I'm looking to get and receive variables from and to a movieclip.

I have given my movieclip and instance name of 'timeclip' and am trying to send to it that
var paused:Boolean = false() and trying to receive the variables
minutes and seconds from my movieclip.

Currently my code looks like this -

timeclip (movieclip)

var startingTime:int = getTimer ();
if (!paused){
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, calculateDifference);

function calculateDifference (event:Event){
var timePassed:int = getTimer() - startingTime;
var seconds:int = Math.floor (timePassed / 1000);
var minutes:int = Math.floor (seconds / 60);
seconds -= minutes * 60;
if (seconds < 10){
timeText.text = String ("You've been playing for: " + minutes +":0" + seconds);
}
else if (seconds >= 10){
timeText.text = String ("You've been playing for: " + minutes + ":" + seconds);
}
}
}

Main stage

stop()
timedisplay.text = String ("You've been playing for: " + timer.minutes + ":" + timeclip.seconds);
var paused:Boolean = false;

I am currently recieving the error

1120: Access of undefined property paused.