How to do an American Accent for Actors

In this lesson, I show you some techniques specifically designed for actors who want to perfect their American Accent for auditions, plays, tv/film work.

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[masonmatt]

As someone with an american accent since i started talking, I can confirm that this is what we did to learn how to speak

[ben]

Something about watching someone trying to teach people how to do your accent is so entertaining and interesting. Good vid bro

[TheSnapback]

me: "r"
british people trying to pronounce it: FUCK"

[parsleycrafts]

I have a south african accent and this is the first american accent tutorial that's been even remotely useful to me, thanks so much!

[TheLordOfNothing]

When you’re American: Why am I watching this?

I AM AMERICAN.

[JK-izuw]

Take a shot every time he said back of the neck

[xochloexow]

I have a strong American accent. Because i was born in Los Santos.

[yillanayo]

This is the first time I've encountered an accent video that talks about resonance placement. Wow! It's very key.

[anna.]

You sound like an American doing an Australian accent

[benedictwolf]

That’s amazing. I never properly acknowledged American being placed at the back and English at the front. Explains why it’s easier to get deeper and more resonant with the American accent as opposed to my native English accent!

[bellap.]

Thanks for this video, it's really helpful and easy!
Could you please do a "American Accent for Latin Languages Speakers", so one to help specifically people who speak languages such as Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French. Or maybe one aimed at helping people who speak either portuguese or spanish as their first language :)

[IosuamacaMhadaidh]

I'm an American. The R sound he talks about is spot on for a general American accent, but if you're trying to do a general New England or eastern southern accent (Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia) then you will utilize an short "a" or "ah" sound for an R. Geographical dialects here can get pretty diverse. We also have interesting combinations here, like Chicano English (English/Mexican Spanish) and Creole (mixture of French, different African and indigenous American languages).

[VulcanTrekkie]

These are great! I'd love to see anything you have on regional variants of the American accent. And I'd be willing to help out. It was kind of interesting going through and thinking to myself "Hmm, this is definitely good for General American, but there's a lot of stuff here that doesn't apply to a New England accent."

[BlackFlashVA]

Only 1:56 into the video and it's already helped so much, lol. An amazing way of explaining, well done!

[banksy]

bro these americans sound so weird but like it’s normal standards for the internet where i’m looking to do voice acting

[paulovicente]

It is challenging to change our accents, even after being born in an English-speaking country. You speak very well despite not having an American accent; however, your effort is motivating. Thank you so much.

[rebekahrebekah]

Thank You Ashwin, I am surprised at how quickly this helped me. Such an effective video.

[personontheinternet]

Yes us Americans sure do love our hard r’s

[emilylemescardoso]

i’m british and i can kind of put on an american accent but it’s not perfect... like it doesn’t seem natural. this helped a lot though. thank u!