play GUI animation from script?

Let me try to explain this step by step:

I have a gui image with a animator attached Anytime I press play the animation runs(the animation is fine)

I want to execute the animation from a script which is attached to the canvas object.

So with audio it would be something like:

 // to attach the audio file to the script
 public var mySound : AudioClip;
 // to run the audio file
 audio.Play();

I want to do the same only not audio but with a animation.

Anybody have a Idea?