演艺圈里，要论精通玩的，段奕宏算一个。羽毛球、魔术、射击、散打、围棋、攀岩、滑翔等，他都玩得精。鲜为人知的是，现今酷劲十足的段奕宏，当年却啥也不会玩，只能眼巴巴看着别人玩。
回首往事，他说自己的成功是玩出来的，是和高手玩、和内行玩的过程，也是魅力扩散的过程。
遇到贵人
段奕宏很会读书，成绩一直是最好的。他在1998年以全优成绩大学毕业，并进入国家话剧院。这位高才生登台机会不多，大多时候他在后台做剧务，负责拉幕布，端茶送水，有时偶尔登台，但只有一两句台词的小角色。
正当他感到绝望时，一场意外发生了。国家羽毛球队总教练李永波经常来看话剧，他注意到了段奕宏这张生面孔。在几场话剧后，热心的李永波找上了他：“你在台上怎么都是绷着的，不放松。你是中戏高才生怎么看不出一点专业水准？”
一番话戳中了段奕宏这些年憋在心里的困惑。他问李永波自己该怎么做才能真正放松融入舞台？
李永波留下电话，说欢迎随时去国家羽毛球队找他。
上体育场之后，李永波发现问题———他不仅在舞台上放不开，在球场上也一样，这不是表演上的问题，而是心理和生理双重问题。
思想开窍
找到问题所在，李永波拟定了一套“以球入戏”的培训计划。
起初，在球场上的表现跟电线杆子没区别。但动作全部到位。他前冲后跳杀球救球，一板一眼，还真有点专业运动员味道。动作越来越流畅身体越来越放松。一月试练期满，他带着这种感觉上了舞台，再也不紧绷，那个龙套男实现跳一年之后就获得了《恋爱犀牛》男一号机会。
如此好的机会，没有演好，因为电视与话剧差距太大：话剧夸张电视贴近生活。他用演话剧的心得去拍电视大败而归尤其枪战镜头没有一个合格最后导演无奈动用替身蒙混过关灰头土脸完成拍摄后倒开窍：
不是不会打枪吗？这就去好好学学还信我学不会三天后，就成了怀柔射击基地会员开始学习 玩枪从擦枪拆枪装枪练起每天举着空枪反复练习瞄准射击动作开始时手指不听使唤胳膊也很别扭但对结构烂熟于心完全掌握瞄准射技巧后更上道了。（励志电影 www.lz13.cn）
起先双手握gun，上半身略微前倾双腿分开站立，一副如临大敌样子；而今单手举gun左手很自然揣裤口袋右眼与gun保持直线脚下站丁字步。不管gun法如何，这姿势一看就是个高手。
被评新德里国际电影节最佳男主角至此这个影帝才大彻悟：先会play, 才will act!
Play得到位
Segment plays no more. He decides to focus on his passion for playing and find a new sense of self before returning to work.
In the 798 Art Zone, Segment learns half a month of charcoal painting, works as a stagehand in an underground band, and learns the entire set of framing techniques in a frame shop.
The more famous he becomes, the less likely he is to take on acting roles because he's busy playing. This time, he starts learning magic at the recommendation of a friend and becomes an apprentice with Tianjin Guoshun Magic Troupe.
As he continues to play different games, his grasp of acting improves. After filming "My Squad Leader," Segment takes a long break and starts skydiving. Now, with his parachute pack on his back from halfway down the mountain slope jumping into mid-air can create beautiful arcs before landing smoothly.
For those who think that playing will waste someone's life but not him. He believes that if you choose the right game and play it well enough to gain insight from it like reading classic literature which can recharge your energy this is something textbooks cannot achieve.
So long as one can play well enough they can make achievements this is what actor-turned-player Segment Yuming has learned from years in show business.