If you have a regional or foreign accent you don’t need to get rid of it. But you must also be able to do a standard American accent in addition or else you will limit your marketability. In addition perfect any specific dialect or accent based on your appearance. (If you are Italian but appear to be Indian perfect that Indian accent.) Don’t wait until you have an audition to do this work. Start right now. Tapes, dialect coaches will start you on your way.
Tags: accents, acting technique, audition skills, dialects