I need help on an American accent!?

Question:I am in college studying performing arts and i really need help doing an american accent... all of my class try it but when i do it it comes out irish lol everything i say in an accent well an attempted accent comes out irish anywho... i need help pulling it off our assement is in like 4 weeks and we have half term so i wont be with other people who can i want to prove to the teacher i can put my herat an soul into it i really need to pass this as i wanna move up into the higher course of Performing arts... i also play a dude''Fat Sam'' so i know it will be harder... i have my lines with me so if any one can help please do... i need to pass

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I am in college studying performing arts and i really need help doing an american accent... all of my class try it but when i do it it comes out irish lol everything i say in an accent well an attempted accent comes out irish anywho... i need help pulling it off our assement is in like 4 weeks and we have half term so i wont be with other people who can i want to prove to the teacher i can put my herat an soul into it i really need to pass this as i wanna move up into the higher course of Performing arts... i also play a dude''Fat Sam'' so i know it will be harder... i have my lines with me so if any one can help please do... i need to pass

I'm from America and I've heard people in the UK say to just talk slow, haha.

Anyway it really depends on what kind of American accent.
There are three "main" ones that my friends have, (none od these are official titles, it's what my friends & I say) and that's Country, Northern & "Normal", mine is "normal" at least my friends say, lol.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=M7FopzDdsiI
That's a video of me talking. I'm from California and people say I sound like it.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=E_Q19NY988I&f...
That's some random lady I found online with a Southern accent, and remember if you do a Southern accent to say "Y'all"!! Which is pronounced "yahhull"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EpfzE3eMkJw
The host (Jay Leno) of that TV Show has a very faint Northerner accent. But if you can find any videos of someone from New York, New Jersey, or Philadelphia, the accents won't be the same but to someone from another Country they will sound similar.

Have fun!

I have an American Southern accent, which I try to hide when doing public speaking. To "sound normal" I try to pronunciate each word, and extent any vowels.