Adam Levine, already a rock star with his band, Maroon 5, is something of a TV star now, as well, because of his work as a coach on "The Voice," NBC's popular singing competition, now in its second season.

Monday night's episode completed the "blind auditions," in which each coach acquired a team of 12 singers. (The "blind" refers to the show's format, which has the coaches hearing but not seeing the singers initially, so a coach's interest in recruiting them is based on voice alone.) Next week starts a series of sing-offs in which the teams are reduced in size before the climactic finals.

Levine recently talked about his stint on "The Voice."

Q What is different about Season 2?

A There will be nothing quite like the first season, because I do genuinely believe none of us knew what we were in for. It was the best way to launch the show, because we didn't know what we were doing. We'll never have that innocence again. ... Everybody this year is prepared, and armed and dangerous, and definitely kind of gunning for everybody -- in a fun way.

Q What specifically do you do to coach the people on your team? Pick their songs? Tell them to try a different key or change tempos?

A I like to help guide them in a good direction, because I, myself, need direction. I don't believe that anyone should be necessarily doing something like this on their own, as far as making all the decisions, because you should be kept in check. ...

The most important thing, I think, as a singer is doing something that you're connected to and something that you feel like you can really project into the world, that people are going to want to listen to, that you feel that you convey an idea or an emotion or something during that performance. So it's less about what I want and more about nurturing them in what they want.

Q How much face time do you spend with your team members?

A The time that we do spend together is very carefully monitored, because they don't want people playing favorites; they don't want things going on behind other people's backs. Everyone has the same amount of time with each artist, which is important, I think. It keeps everybody on an even playing field.

Q What has being on this show done for your career? Any producer or casting director or filmmaker watching this has to think, "That guy looks awfully natural on camera."

A I don't think I'll ever do anything else on television. I think this was a unique wrinkle, a special little ripple that took place where I love being a part of this. But if this ever were to end at some point, I wouldn't be on television anymore. ...

As far as everything else is concerned, I'm a musician at the end of the day. I'm a singer and a songwriter, and I love being in my band. Other things have started to come up in movieland, things I can't discuss, but I don't know how I feel about pursuing it. I live my life on an opportunity-by-opportunity basis, where I don't really know where I'm going; I just enjoy the process of getting there. ...

It has always been a dream of mine to be in a Quentin Tarantino movie. And I would like to let him know through this article that I'd like to be in the movie for 17 1/2 minutes, and he can bloody me up as much as he wants. He can kill me really gruesomely. I'd be totally fine with that.