how to loop animations while level sequencer is paused

hello
in the Level sequencer, when I pause the sequence it also pauses the animations it was playing. is there a way to keep looping the animation(which by default loops) while the sequencer is paused?

Think of those games with dialogue where the animations from characters are looping while the game waits for the player to click the next dialogue and then resume the sequencer(and next animations)

please lemme know. thanks