Randomly playing multiple instances of movieclip AS3

I have made a movieclip of an eye, which is set to play a blinking animation at random intervals. I want to place many instances of that movieclip on the stage, where they're all being played at different times. But if I put multiple instances of the clip on the stage, only one will play. How do I have many instances playing at the same time?

I haven't used flash for years so please explain simply if you can~

stop(); var eyeTimer = new Timer(1000 + Math.random() * 1000);
 eyeTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, blink);
 eyeTimer.start(); 

function blink(evt:TimerEvent😞void { Timer(evt.currentTarget).delay = 1000 + Math.random() * 1000;  
trace( "triggered!" ); eye.gotoAndPlay(1); 
}