Adam Levine: 'No one knows how good my life is'

NEW YORK — Adam Levine pretty much has it all, and he pretty much knows it.

There's the knockout supermodel fiancée, Behati Prinsloo. The stellar music career with his band, Maroon 5, whose fifth album is out in September. His lucrative gig as a coach on NBC's The Voice, entering its seventh season on Sept. 22. And his foray into would-be movie stardom in the sweet musical romance Begin Again, now in theaters.

And unlike many of his peers, who go to painfully obnoxious lengths to appear normal and relatable, Levine, 35, is fine with not being your average drone. "I'm so happy that I get to have this life. It's funny because no one knows how good my life is as well as I do," he says.

Says his Begin Again costar Keira Knightley: "He gets to choose to do whatever he wants to do, which is a lovely position to be in. He is that confident. Can they bottle it?"

Levine admits that yes, he can be vain and, yes, he loves being able to use his name to get last-minute tables at Nobu. Here's his guide to (almost) having it all.

1. Do things for love, not money — when you can afford to. Levine admits he's done plenty of gigs in the past for the paycheck. But when it came to dipping his toes into acting, he took it slow — and cheaply. "I did this movie for no money. I'm very lucky that I'm in that position," he says. At this point, given the cash he's made through The Voice and from being in Maroon 5, he's set. "I want to have good experiences. I don't want to do a bunch of (expletive) that I hate. I want to treat (acting) completely differently because I have the very fortunate luxury of not having to think of this in terms of money."

2. Say what you mean, and mean what you say, even when others don't exactly agree. "I don't have much of a filter," says Levine. "The most important thing is to be honest and not say things because you think you have to be a certain way." He recalls taking a media-training class at age 19. "This was back when I listened to people. I walked out. It was stupid. It was going to train me to be a robot who never said anything interesting. I get myself in trouble all the time — and I prefer that. I can always talk and defend myself."

3. Don't be something you're not. Levine doesn't do his own laundry. He doesn't clean his house. And he has no plans to start, because he doesn't have to. "I have news for you: Whether or not you do your own laundry does not make you humble. It's not a defining characteristic of being humble. I'm not going to throw a party because a famous person does their laundry — or better yet, says they do their own laundry. You should say, 'Let's go to your house so I can see you do your own laundry,'" he quips.

4. Find your soul mate — and marry him or her. Levine dated hotties before, but it was the Namibian Victoria's Secret model Prinsloo who got him to put a ring on it in July 2013. "She's incredible and that alone makes me the luckiest person in the world," says Levine. Not that he's sharing any tidbits about wedding dates or the honeymoon, despite being repeatedly asked by the press. "Do you really think I'd tell you?" he asks.

5. Engender goodwill by not unloading on other people. Levine is no Mila Kunis, who recently made it clear to one reporter how unhappy she was to be doing press. "It makes no sense to me. Say, 'I don't want to do this interview.' Don't show up here and take it out on another person," says Levine. "It's never anyone else's fault. I'm not passive-aggressive. I don't have misguided frustration and anger. It's razor-sharp. If I'm mad at you, you'll know it quickly."